On Saturday 15 November 2003 02:17 pm, Gerard Samuel wrote: > A bit off topic, but any help would be appreciated. > Im trying to setup DHCP for the first time. > I set winXP to auto configure itself in the network section, but it > still remains on the IP address that it was previously set at, and not > obeying, the range of IP Addresses listed in dhcp.conf. > The connection works, I can use the network, but looking to see if there > are any errors in dhcp.conf file.
I figured out why the IP Address wasn't changing via DHCP. There was an entry for the laptop in DNS, and it seems that DHCP accepted only the DNS value. Once I took it out, restarted DNS, the laptop picked up a new IP Address. So Ill see how it behaves from here. > > Also, is there a way to not specify the MAC address, and have DHCP still > work. For example, say a family member comes over with their laptop, can > they just plug in and go?? Still reading up on this, but any pointers would be appreciated... _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
