Microsoft KB Archive/201781

= SMS: Clients with Static IP Addresses Not Network Discovered =

Article ID: 201781

Article Last Modified on 10/27/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Systems Management Server 2.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Systems Management Server 2.0 Service Pack 5

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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.

Additional query words: prodsms netdisc

Keywords: kbdiscovery kbfaq kbprb KB201781

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