IP address problem on client box

SteveGr · Post by **SteveGr** » Mon Sep 24, 2001 3:49 pm

We have 98SE machines that all seem to look and get an IP address f/ our new Win2k pro machine (has 192.168.0.1 assigned to the LAN nic - this machine has a 2nd nic for our DSL (PPPoe) modem - and all of the 98SE machines are ic sharing fine) ... except one of the 98SE clients assigns itself a 169.xxx.xxx.xx number. The release button does nothing and if you hit the renew button it says " DHCP server unavailable - renewing adapter." I tried removing and reinstalling TCP/IP (even with a safe mode restart, renaming drvdata.bin and drvidx.bin files and rebuilding the drivers) and end up in the same boat. Any ideas?

oakfan52 · Post by **oakfan52** » Mon Sep 24, 2001 7:40 pm

how many machines are trying to get an IP from the Win2K machine? 169.xxx.xxx.xxx is an internal IP assigned if it isn't getting one via DHCP. Someone correct me if i am wrong but can Win2K only support 10 connections?

SteveGr · Post by **SteveGr** » Tue Sep 25, 2001 10:21 am

Nine 98SE machines are getting addresses from the Win2k machine. I tried loggin the problem one on first today ... no luck ... still getting the 169.xx.xxx.xx address. The TCP/IP configuration seems to be exactly the same on this machine as the others that are getting 192.168.0.x addresses fine. The problem machine also gets on the network fine but I find I cannot ping the DHCP address. It does a loopback ping ok.
Any ideas? Help is appreciated!