----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert "JTBob" Holland" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, September 14, 2000 12:45 PM
Subject: [newbie] Connecting to NT DHCP Server
> Hi,
>
> Can Mandrake Linux connect to a Windows NT DHCP
> server? If so, what settings need to be made?
>
> I've tried different settings in the "Network" settings under
> DrakConf, but I keep getting an error connecting to a
> DHCP server.
>
> If not possible and I need to use a static IP, what info
> MUST be put in the Network settings boxes to get the
> PC to talk to the net.
>
> I took a PC lying around here at work and decided
> to give Mandrake Linux a try and see what the operating
> system had to offer. So far everything works fine except
> for the network part, which severely limits my testing of
> SAMBA and firewall software.
>
Unless you choose DCHP as your Network set-up during installation then DCHP
was not installed on your system and you will need to install it via RPM.
Also since you did not say, do you have a NIC and is it correctly configured
in Mandrake?
Charles
