On 15 February 2011 09:55, Simon Swaysland <simon.swaysl...@gmail.com>wrote:
> Hi, > > I'm having an issue with a DHCP server I've just set up on a new box > running running Maverick. I was running DHCP on a Cisco 877, but decided to > play with DHCP on my home server instead. > > My wife's laptop (windows7) is still requesting it's old IP address, > 192.168.0.27, it connects to the interweb and works without an issue, but it > isn't requesting a new IP address. I get this in syslog: > > Feb 14 15:13:21 BigDell dhcpd: DHCPREQUEST for 192.168.0.27 from > 78:e4:00:69:01:b6 via eth0: unknown lease 192.168.0.27. > > Any idea of how to make it forget the old IP address and request a new one? > > Cheers, > > Simon > Hello Simon, To get a windows machine to change its assigned DCHP IP address, try the following commands in a terminal window (Dos box) on your Windows machine: ipconfig \release ipconfig \renew It has been a while since I used Windows, to I may have got the slashes the wrong way round. If the about does not work, try ipconfig /release ipconfig /renew Thank you -- John Stevenson Lean Agile Consultant / Coach jr0cket.com | leanagilemachine.com
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