SMS: Clients with Static IP Addresses Not Network Discovered (201781)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Systems Management Server 2.0
  • Microsoft Systems Management Server Installer 2.0
This article was previously published under Q201781

SUMMARY

When Systems Management Server tries to discover devices through network discovery by querying the DHCP server, it is able to find devices with dynamic IP addresses, but not those with static addresses.

MORE INFORMATION

If static IP addresses are used in your environment, there are two ways to discover these devices:

  • Use network discovery and leave the computer on the network constantly. As a result, it should appear in the NetToMediaTable of its local router. When the router is detected, it will be added to SNMP devices and the computer with the static address will be discovered.
  • Use domain discovery in the computer's domain. Domain discovery will enumerate the client machines through the domain master browser and will discover machines regardless of how they receive their IP address.
Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:6/14/2005
Keywords:kbDiscovery kbprb KB201781
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