Weird DHCP issue

Hey guys,  

I require a little help into a matter. We currently use a windows server which acts like a DHCP server and hands out IP address to our clients connected via ethernet, all good.  

We would like to get rid of this server and configure DHCP on the router. I've configured the DHCP Pool ( dns server , def gw, domain-name, network etc ) with the necessary settings, but when I shut down the Windows DHCP Server and try to get an IP address from the router which is also the default gw of the machines in that particular VLAN, i get APIPA.  

ip dhcp pool Stations 

network 192.168.0.0 255.255.254.0 

default-router 192.168.1.254 

dns-server 192.168.100.1 

domain-name xx.yy.org 

  The DHCP is configured on the default router 192.168.1.254 and the current used on is on the same VLAN as the workstations with the IP 192.168.1.1. ( excluded from 0.1 - 0.100 and from 1.100 to 1.254 )  

Any ideas ?

 

L.E. Should I try and run service dhcp on the router ? I can't seem to find a show command thats show me if it's enabled.