Skip to content
DnsLister Forum

Where domain hunters compare notes

Physical clients can’t get IP from DHCP server in a VM

Here's the setup,

Physical machine:

  • Win 11 Enterprise LTSC

  • Hyper-V Installed

  • External Hyper-V Switch setup to allow VM access to physical network

VM

  • DHCP, DNS, and WDS Roles installed and fully configured

What can get an IP address from the VM

  • Other VMs attached to the External Switch

  • The physical machine adapter used for the External Switch

What can't get an IP:

  • Any physical machine connected via physical dumb switch.

If I manually set an IP on a physical machine, they can ping the VM just fine. Attempting to ipconfig /renew just results in a DHCP timeout.

I've tried

  • Disabling both firewalls

  • Setting both to Private Network

  • Using a different physical adapter on the host machine

  • Enabling MAC Spoofing in the NIC advanced features

  • Verified DHCP guard and router guard are disabled

  • Disabling NIC sharing

I know it's got to be some absolutely tiny thing that I'll hate myself for overlooking, but

Source: r/sysadmin · by /u/Computermaster

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *