I am experiencing a problem where Fing is reporting more than 1DHCP server. When I run ipconfig /all it reports that the DHCP server is 192.168.58.254 , my net is 192.168.0.x.
The strange thing is that I appear not to have any VMs running (VM Worstation 15 on another machine)
How can I find out more details and shutdown this VM/DHCP server?
Any help appreciated
Windows have DHCP client service, the DHCP server is part of router/switch.
The router is configured to issue the correct IP addresses (192.168.0.200-192-168-0.254). There is another rogue DHCP server whose address is 192.168.58.254 and is reportedly within a Vmware VM.
The 192.168.58.254 ip address is assign by your router its configured to do so.
Can you please paste ipconfig /all command output.
The whole of 192.168.x.x is a Private address range available for your router to use. You have the whole of 192.168.0.x assigned to the DHCP pool, but the DHCP server on your router will use a fixed IP address outside this range.
What is the IP address of your router for web admin? Or the IP address of the default gateway? On my router they are the same as the DHCP server address.
My router- gateway address is 192.168.0.1
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Just to explain how I know that this is a rogue DHCP Server, This is the result I receive after typing the Ipconfig commend:-
C:\Users\BSAdmin\Desktop>ipconfig /all | find /i "DHCP Server" DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.58.254
As you can see this address is not part of my subnet.
Thanks Bree.
Tried the tracert and this is what came up:-
C:\Users\BSAdmin\Desktop>tracert 192.168.58.254Tracing route to 192.168.58.254 over a maximum of 30 hops 1 * * * Request timed out. 2 * * * Request timed out. 3 *
VMware has it's own DHCP server, I think it turns on when you select Host only in the network settings
As Requested:-
C:\Users\BSAdmin\Desktop>ipconfig /all
Windows IP Configuration
Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : WF1
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
Ethernet adapter Ethernet:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek PCIe GbE Family Controller
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 04-D9-F5-CF-78-8D
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::457:45bc:fda:3c4d%6(Preferred)
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.91(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 201644533
DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-25-A2-79-2D-04-D9-F5-CF-78-8D
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 1.1.1.1
1.0.0.1
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled
Wireless LAN adapter WiFi:
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek 8811CU Wireless LAN 802.11ac USB NIC
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 1C-BF-CE-22-F7-5A
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Wireless LAN adapter Local Area Connection* 1:
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft Wi-Fi Direct Virtual Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 1E-BF-CE-22-F7-5A
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Wireless LAN adapter Local Area Connection* 2:
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft Wi-Fi Direct Virtual Adapter #2
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 1C-BF-CE-22-F7-5A
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Ethernet adapter VMware Network Adapter VMnet1:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : VMware Virtual Ethernet Adapter for VMnet1
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-50-56-C0-00-01
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::ccfb:5ed3:bb9c:2e16%9(Preferred)
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.58.1(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : 02 March 2020 13:20:42
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : 02 March 2020 19:05:42
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.58.254
DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 822104150
DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-25-A2-79-2D-04-D9-F5-CF-78-8D
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : fec0:0:0:ffff::1%1
fec0:0:0:ffff::2%1
fec0:0:0:ffff::3%1
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled
Ethernet adapter Bluetooth Network Connection 2:
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Bluetooth Device (Personal Area Network) #2
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-1A-7D-DA-71-13
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
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