Date: Sat, 15 Nov 2003 16:13:14 -0500 From: Gerard Samuel <fbsd-questions@trini0.org> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: DHCP Message-ID: <200311151613.14278.fbsd-questions@trini0.org> In-Reply-To: <200311151417.14480.fbsd-questions@trini0.org> References: <200311151417.14480.fbsd-questions@trini0.org>
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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...
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