Windows 2000 uses/installs as default TCP/IP protocol. While in a small home network it is easy
to assign manually the IP-addresses (or use the Windows98/ME Auto-IP-configuration and / or
the Windows2000 Auto-IP-configuration), you will on an office network like to use the “comfort”
of using a DHCP-server to control and manage the distribution of IP-addresses.
Like on Windows NT4, where the DHCP-server is only available on NT4-Server and not with
Windows NT4-workstation, the DHCP-server is not included in Windows2000 Professional, but
only on the Windows 2000 Server versions.
Note: on the system, where the DHCP-server is getting installed, you MUST use a static
(= manually assigned) IP-address :
 | Like with all other Server related components, you can start the setup of the DHCP-server from “Configure Your Server“, which is part of the “Administrative Tools“ |
On the left side, expand on “Networking” , select “DHCP” and then
start the “Windows Component Wizard” :
To start the “Windows Component Wizard“, you could also have used in the Control-Panel the
applet for “Add / Remove Programs” and selected to “Add / Remove Windows Components” :
Select (click on) the line “Networking Services” and then click on the button “Details” :
 | Locate and select the line by placing the checkmark on : “Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)“, (other items may already be selected), continue with “OK“ Back in the window of “Windows Component Wizard“, continue now with “Next“ |
 | The system will rumble while configuring the network components. and then you are “Finished“ |
 | You will need to configure the DHCP-server before it can be used. |
