Ian,
. . . . and now we get to the crux of the original question I asked.
I would absolutely agree that there IS some difference between the M$
DHCP request and the Linux DHCP request - the $64,000.00 question, is
WHAT is the difference. I am going to have to have at this beastie with
a good sniffer & try to figure this out.
Jim
Ian McDermid wrote:
> Jim,
>
> So that is how your DHCP works...Mine, I am with Optus @home in
> Australia, they use the hostname as the key for DHCP. At work we run the
> Microsoft DHCP Server and never have any problems. In that case, it
> looks like your cable modem is acting as a DHCP relay. If that is the
> case, it may not like some of options that linux passes in the DHCP
> discover.
>
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