Are u using MS DHCP Server to serve out the IP's? I tried to implement
it about 3-4 years ago and it would not follow the RFC so it would only
work with Win95 and NT machines It couldn't serve Win3.1/Trumpet clients
or anything else. Ended up using a Linux Machine to dish out IP's.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Corbett J. Klempay [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 1999 3:20 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: [expert] dhcpcd weirdness
>
>
> Hey all...I just installed 6.1 (switching from RH 6.0). It's pretty
> slick, btw. Anyway, my problem is this: I can plug this machine (Dell
> Latitude CPt 333, 3c574 nic) in at home to my cable modem (Time Warner
> Roadrunner), and have it get networking going just by typing 'dhcpcd'.
> That's it. (I didn't try setting it to do it on boot; I just did that
> since I've been here at work). However, at work, if I get
> out of NT and
> into Linux, typing 'dhcpcd' will simply time out after a
> while. I have it
> set to acquire via DHCP on boot now, and it fails when it
> tries then as
> well. At first I might think it is something with the way
> the network is
> set up here at work, but I don't think that should be it;
> when I still had
> RH 6.0 on this machine, I could get an IP at work just fine. Any
> suggestions?
>
> ---
> Corbett J. Klempay
> Trilogy Software, Inc.
> 512.685.4193 (W) | 512.750.1372 (C)
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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