Couldn't you just add a static entry into ipcop to always dish out something out of the dhcp range to that box?
-Heath Henderson On Sep 24, 2010, at 4:25 PM, "Charlie Niehaus" <cnieh...@altamont.k12.il.us> wrote: > Bit more info. > Using a Rogue DHCP Checker program (Neat little app at: > http://www.snapfiles.com/downloads/roguedhcp/dlroguedhcp.html) > I see that my DHCP is indeed running, and that it is handing out IP > addresses with numbers in the range I have specified. (Even a new range if > I change the settings in IPCop). And the DHCP is coming from the right IP > address (The IP of the DHCP server / IPCOP box that has been running for > years), and there is only one DHCP server on the network. It is just that > computers and IPods are not somehow sucking up the IP Information and > choosing to give a 0.0.0.0 address or a 169.X.X.X address to the box - so it > looks like they are not assigning the IP provided by the DHCP server. > > OK - now what? > > > -----Original Message----- > From: tech-geeks-boun...@tech-geeks.org > [mailto:tech-geeks-boun...@tech-geeks.org] On Behalf Of Charlie Niehaus > Sent: Friday, September 24, 2010 4:02 PM > To: 'Tech-Geeks Mailing List' > Subject: [tech-geeks] IPCop - DHCP not responding. > > Geeks, > > I have had an IPCop running for - like ever and sometime last night it just > decided to stop handing out IP addresses via DHCP. IPCop says the server is > running, and I have restarted the server a few time in case it needed an > update completed - no dice. Noting on the network really changed yesterday. > I did add a few Wireless Access points the day before - and we seemed to be > fine. I have on AccessPoint I hooked up early this morning and I am going > to rip him down and see if that is it - but I doubt it. I set a couple up > earlier this week and they seemed fine. I am pretty sure there is no DHCP > on these things. I even tried to get an address when the IPCop box was off > (during a reset to check the box) and got no such address. > > Any ideas? > > Not a crippling issue for use since almost everything is static - but it is > a growing problem as more devices from "outside" my network connect into our > system. > > Thanks in advance. > > > Charlie Niehaus > Altamont Unit #10 Community Unit Schools > 7 S. Ewing Street > Altamont, IL 62411 > > Voice: 618-483-6193 ext. 238 > Fax: 618-483-5399 > Web: www.altamont.k12.il.us > > > | Subscription info at http://www.tech-geeks.org | > > | Subscription info at http://www.tech-geeks.org | | Subscription info at http://www.tech-geeks.org |
