GCE as a DHCP Server

I was using GCE as a DHCP server to give my android phone access to the ETC network, and found that the DHCP service appears to have turned itself off after some time. Is this a property of GCE or did I possibly miss something in the setup.

I opened up Network Services, enabled DHCP Server, had the box for Return services to previous stage when exiting GCE checked, and left it. Then I had my phone connect to the network via a Linksys WAP54g access point, and it worked fine for that connection.

I had to move my access point to a better transmit location, and when I tried reconnecting my phone, it wouldn't get an IP address. When I went back to GCE it had turned the DHCP server function off.

No big deal, just curious.

Thanks.

marcusbirkin over 12 years ago

It gets installed as a windows service.

If you open Control Panel>Administrative Tools>Services

Double click "ETC DHCP Service", set the startup type to "Automatic".
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Holztech over 12 years ago in reply to marcusbirkin

Thanks for the advice, but I don't want the ETC DHCP service started all the time (Automatic,) as I am a field tech, for multiple manufacturers. Having aDHCP server always engaged would be problematic.

I was just curious if the DHCP service within GCE has a timeout function that would turn it off after a specific period of time, short of exiting GCE and restoring all GCE related services to their previous state.

I do appreciate the advice however.
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