I saw similar weirdness once, many moons ago, and it had to do with the "Network Location Awareness" service not being able to start. It was so long ago that I don't remember the fix for that particular instance, but Googling DHCP and "network location awareness" shows right many hits. Just a thought.
On Fri, Mar 10, 2017 at 5:20 PM, Calvin McLennan <[email protected]> wrote: > How about a basic item (that I do not recall being requested of seen as > yet) > > Cmd line - 'ipconfig /all' - send us the results of that > > Would be concerned if any IP address given is not on the desired network > or is one of the 169 set. > > DHCP server should be yours - not some other unknown DHCP service. > > Cal > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:listsadmin@lists. > myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Melvin Backus > Sent: March 10, 2017 11:41 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [NTSysADM] RE: Unable to obtain IP from DHCP server > > We still haven’t had an answer to the “what do the logs say” question. > They’re there for precisely this purpose. > > -- > There are 10 kinds of people in the world... > those who understand binary and those who don't. > > From: [email protected] [mailto:listsadmin@lists. > myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Pierre-Marie Camilleri > Sent: Friday, March 10, 2017 8:26 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [NTSysADM] RE: Unable to obtain IP from DHCP server > > DHCP server is running on a Windows 2008 R2 domain controller > It is on the same subnet and this is an existing machine. We are not > having issues with new or other current machines. Just 2/3. > > Pierre-Marie Camilleri > > B.Sc. 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Do you really need to print this email? > Disclaimer <http://www.laferla.com.mt/laferla-email-disclaimer> > From: [email protected] <mailto:listsadmin@lists. > myitforum.com> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Melvin Backus > Sent: 10 March 2017 12:56 > To: [email protected] > Subject: [NTSysADM] RE: Unable to obtain IP from DHCP server > > There are numerous possible causes but without more detail it’s hard to > provide anything meaningful. > > What DHCP server is running? > Is it on the same IP subnet / vlan? > Are there any log entries or either the client or the server to indicate > attempts to communicate? > Are these new machines or existing machines which suddently stopped > getting an IP? > > -- > There are 10 kinds of people in the world... > those who understand binary and those who don't. > > From: [email protected] <mailto:listsadmin@lists. > myitforum.com> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Pierre-Marie Camilleri > Sent: Friday, March 10, 2017 5:41 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [NTSysADM] Unable to obtain IP from DHCP server > > Hi all > > We are encountering a problem with some of our Windows 7 workstations and > which are on the same LAN. They are unable to obtain an IP from the DHCP > server and the only solution is to set a static IP which of course works. I > cannot understand why this is happening to just a few. The others work > fine. Could this be due to some system corruption? I’ve tried resetting the > TCP/IP network stack and the Winsock all to no avail. > Has anyone encountered this issue before? Any help would be much > appreciated. > > Thanks > Pierre > > Pierre-Marie Camilleri > > B.Sc. 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