On Thu, 2004-08-12 at 12:45, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: > Stephen K�hn wrote: > > > Ok - now I know I must be doing something wrong here folks; but let's > > start out from the beginning. > > > > I constantly have customer computers in here, and generally, when I > > slap them on the network, I give them a static IP address along with > > gateway and the whole nine yards. > > > > Today I decided I was exceptionally lazy and wanted to setup the DHCP > > server via the Mandrake Control Centre. Ok - no worries - accepted > > all the defaults and the likes. But it ain't seeming to work. Wassup? > > > > > > I have a customer machine here - rebooted even - tried to renew the > > IP, but getting nothing - NADA - WTF am I doing wrong - or do I need > > to spend more than five minutes on this? > > > > Mind you, I'm not having a whinge because of it, but I thought it > > should work right away and first off...(and I don't want to reboot) > > > > stephen kuhn - proprietor > > > Are there any messages in the log from the DHCP server? There is also a > DHCP client list, that shows the leases given out. I am not sure where > Mandrake puts it. Check in the /var tree. > > You should also check the firewall settings on the server to see if it > is even letting DHCP traffic in. Requests to the server require > different settings then a client does. > > Mikkel
Stephen: You can also check if you have a firewall on the client side blocking the DHCP address request. It happened to me not long ago. Adolfo
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