What is a policy in CNR and how do I configure policies?
A. A policy is a set of options that allow you to group lease times and other configuration parameters that a DHCP server assigns to a client. These parameters are called DHCP options. Policies are useful if you have more than one scope at your site. You can create a policy that applies to all the scopes on the current server, or create a policy for a selected scope. Policies are a convenient way of ensuring that your DHCP server supplies all the correct options for scopes, and frees you from the task of specifying the information separately per scope. To create a policy do the following: • Open up CNR GUI. From the Server Manager window, select the DHCP server for which you want to create a policy. IF this is the first time you are doing this you will click on DHCP@localhost server icon. • Click the Show Properties toolbar button to display the DHCP Server Properties dialog box. • Click the Policies tab. • Click the New… button to display the New Policy dialog box. • In the Name fie
