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How does a new server on a network that already has a server get assigned a new ip address?

I am at a school that has a network server. We are going to add another server and I was wondering where the ip address for the new server will come from. Thanks for your help.

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1. It will receive an IP address via the existing DHCP server, if you have one on the network. However, you usually want servers to have static IP addresses; that is, an IP address that does not change. In this case, you need to find an empty IP address in your network range and manually assign it to the new server. Make sure you have all the important information you'll need... unused IP address, subnet mask, default gateway, and your DNS and WINS server IP addresses. Manually enter all that information into your network properties. I usually like to set aside a block of addresses dedicated for things like servers and routers. Let's say your network uses the common addressing scheme of 192.168.1.xxx (where xxx is a three-digit number between 1 and 254). I will usually exclude the addresses 192.168.1.1 through 192.168.1.10 from the DHCP and will statically assign all my servers an IP from that excluded range. If you can't or don't have an excluded range already set up on your DHCP server then you'll at least want to make sure you add a reservation (for Windows DHCP) or an exclusion (for a Cisco DHCP) to your existing range to make sure nothing else ever tries to "claim" your new server's IP address. Once you have statically assigned your new server and properly configured your existing DHCP server you should be set up and ready to go! Good luck!
2. It will more than likely be asigned statically. Or it may recieve a IP address from DHCP if its enabled but i would say it will be static.
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4. Servers will typically be set up with a static IP address in DNS otherwise the DHCP server will assign it an IP. You should statically assign IPs to servers so they don't change their IPs.
5. If your network is using DHCP (dynamic host control protocol) it is automatically assigned by the DHCP server. If it's a static (fixed) ip address, it is configured in the new server by the administrators who set it up.
6. I am unsure what the other server is going to be used for. Is one a http web server and the new one a ftp server? Anyway, it is simple to know what the IP address is, you will make it yourself. Set up that new server so that it has a static IP address, so every time it starts up, you know the IP address and you can then forward any ports to it depending on what you are running. If you are running a... http server: port 80. https server: port 443. ftp server: port 21 Those are the proper ports used for each of those protocols.