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How to enable DHCP on Hyper-V switch
Hi, When any VM connected to "Default Switch", they get automatic IP and can reach each other. When I create manually any switch: Internal, Private, External - DHCP does not exist and I have ...
ViniciusApolinario
Microsoft
MicrosoftHi, can you please provide more details on the environment, like, which NICs you have? Win client or server? Which version?
It seems to me based on the high-level information you provided that the existing NIC is associated to a NIC that has a DHCP server available and the switch is just passing the DHCP request/assign. Hyper-V doesn't have a default DHCP server/service available, so your best option would be to either use static IP (as you did) or spin up a DHCP server on that virtual network for that Switch.
It seems to me based on the high-level information you provided that the existing NIC is associated to a NIC that has a DHCP server available and the switch is just passing the DHCP request/assign. Hyper-V doesn't have a default DHCP server/service available, so your best option would be to either use static IP (as you did) or spin up a DHCP server on that virtual network for that Switch.