DHCP from the client side
How a Windows client gets, renews and loses its address; release/renew safely; recognize scope exhaustion, rogue DHCP and reservation problems from the desk.
- Level
- Intermediate
- Length
- About 40 minutes
- Contents
- 3 lessons · 1 video · final exam
- Status
- Published · updated 1 Oct 2026
Skills you'll practise
- Describe DORA and renewal timing in plain terms
- Use ipconfig /release and /renew safely, including remotely
- Distinguish scope exhaustion, blocked DHCP and rogue DHCP from client evidence
- Decide between a reservation and a static address
Course outline
- 1.DHCP from the client sideVideo · 6 min
- 2.How a client gets and keeps an addressLesson · 12 min
- 3.Release, renew and the usual failuresLesson · 14 min
- 4.DHCP options and the client's own logLesson · 12 min
- 5.DHCP from the client side: knowledge checkKnowledge check · 15 questions
- 6.DHCP from the client side: practical exerciseKnowledge check · 1 question
- 7.169.254 address on one deskScenario
- 8.Final exam6 questions · passing it completes the course, so people who already know the material can test out
Sources it draws on
The lessons and questions are written from these references, so learners can go back to the original.
- RFC 2131: Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
- Microsoft Learn: Troubleshoot problems on the DHCP client
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