I'm trying to setup a DHCP server on Windows 7 Home, tried using a couple of freeware which I found on the Internet but none seemed to work.

What I did:

1. On the Windows 7 machine which I install the DHCP Server with the range 192.168.1.12-192.168.1.256. I set the Gigabit Ethernet adapter to a static IP address of 192.168.1.11 and subnet mask of 255.255.255.0. When I did an IP config, it showed.

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcom NetLink (TM) Gigabit Ethernet

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 8C-73-6E-75-A7-56

DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No

Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::196d:b6bb:8f93:2555%12(Preferred)

IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.11(Preferred)

Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0

Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :

DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : fec0:0:0:ffff::1%1 fec0:0:0:ffff::2%1 fec0:0:0:ffff::3%1

NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

I connected another Window 7 machine to the "DHCP server" using a cross cable and set network adapter on that machine to automatically detect IP address. The client fails to acquire the correct IP address from the DHCP server and showed the autoconfigured IPv4 address instead. Here's the information returned by config /all on the client machine.

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Atheros AR8152/8158 PCI-E Fast Ethernet

Controller (NDIS 6.20)

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 54-04-A6-40-96-4B

DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes

Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::4885:4082:5572:5a85%12(Preferred)

Autoconfiguration IPv4 Address. . : 169.254.90.133(Preferred)

Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0

Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :

DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 341050534

DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-17-54-78-12-00-08-CA-46-4C-5A

DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : fec0:0:0:ffff::1%1 fec0:0:0:ffff::2%1 fec0:0:0:ffff::3%1

NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

DHCP client are running on both machines. I've tried many times but failed. Googling also returned no useful information for my scenario. Have I missed out any step? Thanks.