DHCP Options Workshop — Cedar Ridge Community Library

You are the junior network admin standing up the new Branch network on the dhcp-edge01 server. A scope already hands out addresses — now the clients need DNS and a gateway. Decide which options belong to the whole server and which belong to a single scope.

N10-009 · 1.6 APNET · 3.3.A netplus-dhcp-options

DHCP Manager dhcp-edge01.cedarridge.lan

dhcp-edge01

Scopes

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Q1. The `003 Router` option was set on the scope, not on the server. Why?

Server options can't hold IP addresses. Each scope serves its own subnet, and every subnet reaches other networks through its own gateway. Option 003 is only valid inside a single scope by rule. DNS must always be configured before any gateway.

Q2. A staff laptop in Branch-Staff resolves a hostname. Which DNS server does it try first?

10.40.8.10 10.40.1.10 10.40.1.1 Whichever responds fastest — order is ignored.

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Self-paced formative lab. The checklist and score are computed in your browser and are self-reported — your instructor's grading script records the server's own timestamp and can re-check answers. No real names, emails, or IDs are collected. DHCP option codes shown (003, 006, 015) follow the public RFC 2132 standard.
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Q1. The 003 Router option was set on the scope, not on the server. Why?

Q2. A staff laptop in Branch-Staff resolves a hostname. Which DNS server does it try first?

Q1. The `003 Router` option was set on the scope, not on the server. Why?