Vmware Server

[BUSTER]

Help required

 

We run SBS2011 via a Netgear FVS336GV2

Router is set to 192.168.0.1

SBS is set to 192.168.0.2 : Subnet 255.255.255.0

SBS is DHCP server for network

 

I am now setting up a VMware Sphere virtual server and have done a clean install of SBS 2011 on it

I want to get the new server up and running, ready to switch over after I have tested it and am happy with it

 

With SBS2011 you cannot have two dhcp servers on the same network so I was going to set up a secondary lan ip on the router of 10.0.0.1 and give the new SBS an address of 10.0.0.2 with a subnet of 255.0.0.0

 

I have put equipment accidently on the network in the past that had dhcp switched on and caused absolute chaos hence my question before I try it

 

Would it work or would I finish up with two dhcp servers clashing with each other, or is their another way?

 

What are my options, I am not that network savvy

[Cubit]

Why not have the router doing the DHCP?

[james.wilson]

if you have multiple dhcp servers it will force an election. As long as your new dhcp has a lower value it will win, but bear in mind sbs has to be the sole dhcp server on the subnet

[cybergibbons]

I'd either do it as you suggest (a VLAN so the two don't collide) or turn it off on both whilst you transition from one to the other.

 

James - SBS has a fit with multiple DHCP servers for some reason.