[geeks] Win2K question

[Gary Nichols]

Hey I just had a total flashback - the problems with win2k machines not 
renewing their ip's did NOT occur when using a MS dhcp server.  The users 
that lived on the network populated by a linux dhcp server always had this 
problem.

I'm trying to remember how the problem was fixed... it involved tweaking 
the dhcpd.conf file... ARGH

'Damn this old brain..."



 On Mon, 20 May 2002, Kurt Huhn wrote:

> 
> There is - kinda.  With NT I had to setup separate hardware profiles for
> users - one for home, and one for work.  Sucked.  I would hope that MS
> managed to do it better with Win2k - but I doubt it.
> 
> hrm.....loking at Karin's laptop....nothing jumps out at me about
> network profiles, so probably not.  I could, of course, be looking
> at/for the wrong thing.
> 
> There *are* issues with Win2k and NT 4 regarding DHCP leases.  Sometimes
> they just flat refuse to get a new lease - then you have to issue the
> command "ipconfig /renew" at the command prompt.