Activating IP Address Reservation

**sevaanan** · 20-04-2007

I’m running a SBS 2003. I wanted to reserve and IP address for one of the particular workstation in this local network. I tried doing so but I get a message saying “reservation is inactive.” I tried searching web for the same but dint found anything useful.

Can anyone here please tell me how to do the same?

**Tanvir** · 20-04-2007

You dint mentioned how you tried to do the same? I mean the procedure. Anyways, you need to put the correct MAC address in the DHCP reservation. Did you? If yes, then when you will reboot it, system will assign a new IP or an ipconfig /release or ipconfig /renew.

**Toby-Martin** · 20-04-2007

I've never had a problem with DHCP reservations-it works great.

You must be doing something wrong.

**Stuartl** · 21-04-2007

If it's a PC ipconfig /release then ipconfig /renew. You will be correct as far as MAC address is properly specified. You do have to refresh the view of the DHCP console.