DHCP Server

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WELCOME TO THE DHCP SERVER A DHCP Server assigns IP addresses to client computers. This is very often used in enterprise networks to reduce configuration efforts. All IP addresses of all computers are stored in a database that resides on a server machine. This is a very simple and easy to use implementation of a DHCP Server for Windows based systems supporting all Windows operating systems from Windows 98 to Vista. The configuration data as well as the client “database” is kept in an INI file. See description of INI file. The DHCP Server runs instantly without any installation as a service or application. See running the DHCP Server.   DHCP Server assigns IP addresses to multiple clients Download now, it’s free. Newest version V1.6,  V1.5,  V1.4 The DHCP Server is free software: it can be used, modified and redistributed for both academic and commercial purposes at absolutely no cost. There are no royalties or GNU-like “copyleft” restrictions. There is no requirements such as including copyright messages or logos involved in using the software. The software is provided “as is”, without warranty of any kind. HISTORY V1.6.4 released 01/01/2008. Minor bug fixes plus support of the AssociateBindsToPools option which allows to have IP Pools dedicated to a particular subnet. Updated Web Site with new design. V1.6.1 released 12/22/2007. Supports fully dynamic IP Pools including correct handling of the lease time and reuse of expired leases. V1.5.3 released 3/21/2004. Minor bug fix concerning reaction on bad packets. V1.5.2 released 4/18/2003. Minor bug fixes plus the support of TraceFile and LEASETIME options. V1.5 released 4/17/2003. Supports IP pools for auto configuration. A feature that has been asked for about a million times. V1.4 released 9/4/2000. Supports binding to particular NIC cards and a silent mode for unknown clients. V1.3.0.1 released 2/24/2000. The new Windows 2000 functions are loaded dynamically. It turned out that the DLL’s are not available or do not contain the new functions on Windows NT 4. V1.3 released 2/12/2000. V1.3 comes with two major enhancements: It runs as a Windows NT/2000 service and it supports Windows 2000 plug and play. V1.2 released at 10/3/1999. I’m proud to announce that the version 1.3 has a bug fix that allows the support of Windows 98 clients. It turned out that Windows 98 clients didn’t work, at all. This was related to a wrong port numbered that the DHCP server was using.It also has an option to print a trace of the activity of the server. V1.1 released at 9/25/1999. This version fixes a bug that occures on Windows 95 and 98. The DHCP server was not able to terminate correctly. It alway kept running, even if the tray icon was already gone. There are no other changes to the code. V1.0 release at 08/14/1999. This is the very first version that I put on the Web. It was running in my configuration (Windows NT 4.0 SP3 as server and client machine) and I was just curious whether somebody else is interested in that or not. I’ve started in early summer of 1999 to investigate the Web to find a DHCP server that would allow me to just hook my notebook onto my tiny home network (a crossed cable!) without reconfiguring it every time. I could find only very large programs that had a DHCP server as one of many parts in it. Or I could find unix sources that were not that easy to port to windows. Since, I’m a curios guy, I started do develop it myself. It turned out to be quite easy and it was running within three days, or so.