Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2000 17:29:14 +0700 From: "Alex N. Zhuravlev" <alx@scn.ru> To: Olaf Hoyer <ohoyer@fbwi.fh-wilhelmshaven.de>, freebsd-security@freebsd.org, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: MS Win IP assigning 3 Message-ID: <388ECC7A.CFBEC70E@scn.ru> References: <4.1.20000126093157.009b07d0@mail.rz.fh-wilhelmshaven.de> <4.1.20000126101440.00c14150@mail.rz.fh-wilhelmshaven.de>
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> >>Hi all ! > >>Please help who knows how ... > >>The problem is that Win machine with misconfigured IP stack with > >>"automatic assign IP address" steals my server IP address. Why and how > >>can this be ? > >> > >Thanks all , but I don't have any DHCP server at all ... > >And no static IP at Win machine. > >Any ideas ? > > Well, have a look at Start->system->network > If you look then at the TCP/IP properties, there is also an entry for the > IP-configuration. > > There should be exactly two entries: > top entry: Assign IP adress automatically > bottom entry with two fields to fill out: IP adress and subnet mask > > If you refer to the top entry, that is the entry where Win95 looks for a > DHCP server, to get an IP from. If there is no DHCP server, then you _have_ > to get an error message, that no IP could be assigned. Yes, I've got an error message. But address was assinged again !!!! > To make sure, run the utility winipcfg.exe (in c:\windows), expand the > display, and then have a look at the field: DHCP server. If there is an > entry, this will mean that by some accident, wrong subnet routing etc. this > Win95 box got an IP from somewhere. It was an broadcast address as DHCP server - 0.0.0.0 I can assign IP manulay, but someone can do vice-a-verca ... Any more ideas ? Alex N. Zhuravlev To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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