Lewis,

The conference sounds interesting.  Re your problem with getting a DHCP
address and the troubles I had a month ago, I was back at that same
office last week and the issue was resolved -- the IT person told me
that the address pool was exhausted and anyone logging one would have
had the same problem, regardless of OS.  Now I can get a DHCP address
but am unable to resolve any name lookups... (did not have a chance to
discuss that issue with the IT person.)

 On Wed, 27 Sep 2006 23:50:45 -0700, Lewis G Rosenthal wrote:

  

On 09/01/06 03:24 pm, Stanley Sidlov thus wrote :
    

On Fri, 01 Sep 2006 18:17:37 -0400 (EDT), Stanley Sidlov wrote:

  
      

option 60 in Windows XP client. It is currently at "MSFT 5.0" value. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DHCP
            

and a BTW: http://articles.techrepublic.com.com/5100-1035_11-5498436.html
"How to setup vendor class to deny access to unauthorized machines.."

  
      

First practical use of this DHCP client daemon option, Stan:

I'm in Milpitas, CA for a two-day workshop on large-scale Wi-Fi deployments (see http://www.moonblinkwifi.com/pd_training.cfm). Here at the Beverly Heritage Hotel, there are no less than four 802.11b networks visible from my room, all at between 65% and 70% signal, all  unencrypted, and all - naturally! - on channel 11.

iBahn provides the hotel Wi-Fi, and while I have never to date experienced an issue getting a DHCP address, I just hung forever tonight, waiting. I rebooted; same thing. Finally, I set option 60 to "MSFT 5.0" and bounced the box a final time. Presto! DHCP config came right down. Coincidence? Perhaps. However, I think it may very well be that blasted option. Perhaps W2K3 Server specifically looks for that by default? Not that I know for a fact what is behind the iBahn AP...

Anyway, I wanted to pass this along.

Thanks again for the good info.

-- Lewis
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