[lug] DHCP Question

[Dan Ferris]

That makes sense.  Rebooting doesn't work.  It must keep track of the 
DHCP server MAC in the registry.  I disabled and reenabled the 
interface, which is probably the same thing as ipconfig /release and 
then ipconfig /renew.

Thanks.

Dan

George Sexton wrote:

> Most likely, it kept track of who the lease was issued from and wanted
> to renew from them.
> 
> I would try rebooting all of the affected machines.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: lug-bounces at lug.boulder.co.us
> [mailto:lug-bounces at lug.boulder.co.us] On Behalf Of Dan Ferris
> Sent: Friday, December 05, 2003 2:12 PM
> To: Boulder (Colorado) Linux Users Group -- General Mailing List
> Subject: [lug] DHCP Question
> 
> 
> Here is some interesting Questions.
> 
> Last night, I changed out our Microsoft Windows NT DHCP server for a 
> Linux DHCP server running ISC DHCPD.  This morning when I came in, about
> 
> a third of the company couldn't talk to the network because their DHCP 
> hadn't renewed with the new server.  They are all running some version 
> or another of Microsoft Winblows.
> 
> I always thought that it didn't matter what computer was a DHCP server 
> so long as you only had 1 per subnet.  Is this true?  The old server is 
> completely turned off and the service is set to manual.
> 
> Is Windows always stupid about DHCP, or is it just me?
> 
> Dan
> 
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