Steps to Install and Configure DHCP
Relay Agent in Windows Server 2016
This guide covers these steps:
1. Install Remote Access (RRA) Role in Windows Server 2016
2. Configure Routing and Remote Access
3. Configure DHCP Relay Agent
Important Note
A DHCP server with a working scope is required. This is NOT
covered in this guide.
Install Remote Access Role in Windows Server 2016
To install Remote Access:
Log on to the server and open Server Manager.
Then click Manage and select Add Roles and Features.
On the Before you begin screen, click Next.
Select Role-based or feature-based installation and
click Next.
Next, on the Select Destination server page, select the
server you wish to install Windows Deployment Services Role.
On the Server Role page, check the box beside Remote
Access then click Next.
On the Select Features page, click Next.
Then on the Remote Access page, click Next.
On the Select Role service, check the box beside Routing. A
window pops asking whether to add features required for routing?
Click Add Features.
You are returned to the Select role services page. Confirm
that DirecttAccess (RAS) and Routing roles are selected.
Then click Next.
On the confirmation page, review the features you selected. Then
click Install.
To Prepare for DHCP Relay Agent Configuration, Configure
Routing and Remote Access.
Before you configure DHCP Replay Agent, you have to configure
Routing and Remote Access first.
Follow the steps below:
From Server Manager, click Tools, then select Routing and
Remote Access.
On the Routing and Remote Access MMC, right-click your server
then click Configure and Enable Routing and Remote Access.
On the Welcome page, click Next.
The Configuration page opens. Select the last option, Custom
Configuration. Then click Next.
On the Custom Configuration page, check the box beside LAN
routing. Click Next. Then on the confirmation page, click Finish.
A pop up appears prompting you to start Routing and remote
access service. Click Start Service. Then wait for the service to
start.
Routing and Remote Access is now Configured. We are now
ready to set up DHCP Relay Agent!
Finally, Configure DHCP Relay Agent
Expand IPv4, then right-click General and select New
Routing Protocol.
On the New Routing Protocol window, select DHCP Relay Agent.
Then click Ok.
We are not done yet. Next step is to select the network interface.
Right-click DHCP Relay Agent and select New Interface.
On the New Interface for DHCP Relay Agent, select the network
interface. Then click Ok.
Tip
Your network interfaces may be different. It will depend on the
names of the network cards you have on the server.
When you click Ok in the last task, the properties of the network
interface card opens for configuration. Accept the defaults then
click Ok.
Hop-Count Threshold: The total number of devices that the
packets should pass through as they travel from the source to the
destination. In this instance the hop-count defines the number of
DHCP Relay Agents the DHCP traffic is allowed to hop through.
Boot threshold (seconds): The number of seconds the relay
agent ways before forwarding the message.
Your Relay Agent needs to know the DHCP server to contact when
it receives a request. So the final step in this setup is to add the IP
address of the Server to the Relay Agent procol.
To do this:
Right-click DHCP Relay Agent protocol.
Then select Properties
Next, beneath Server address enter the IP address of DHCP
server and click Add.
To save your changes, click Ok.
Now, when you run ipconfig /renew on a client in the subnet
outside the DHCP server’s subnet, the client will lease an IP.
Conclusion
