os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com ?????????????? ????? #1188

???: "Lewis G Rosenthal" <os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com> ?? ????
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??: Re: [OS2Wireless]DHCP Problems
??: Thu, 31 Aug 2006 10:47:16 -0400
??: OS/2 Wireless Users Mailing List <os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com>

On 08/31/06 10:30 am, Hakan thus wrote :
This is a wired question but the participants here are so knowledgeable
I am sure this is old hat...  On a business trip I encountered a network where I was unable to log on
using my ThinkPad and the wired NIC.  The network supposedly used DHCP
but my system was unable to obtain an IP address despite multiple
attempts, even after rebooting (also on different days).  I eventually
was able to log on using a static IP address but also had supply the
DNS addresses as I was otherwise unable to surf the 'net.  I should add
that this was an office network with many users and others temporarily
using it like myself had no problems with their Win systems.

What might the problem have been?  TIA.

  
Something non-standard, no doubt. Offhand, though, without knowing more (log file, server configuration), I can't be sure. Of course, there is always the chance that the other temporary users had already used the system and their MAC addresses were known, or that the subnet pool simply ran out of addresses, though I would be surprised by either of these possibilities, as the coincidence would be amazing.

I have not personally tried to obtain an IP address from a W2K3 DHCP server, so the Evil Empire may have changed something of which I am not aware.

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Lewis
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