Just a thought, but if your using your desktop computer as a print server;
wouldnt it be easier (and more practical) to assign it a static IP address
instead? I would assign both computers static ip addresses and see if the
solves your problem.
"bill lampman" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>
> Hi,
>
> I have 2 machines running XP Home, one wireless laptop, the other a
> desktop
> with a printer
> shared on the network. The laptop has had no problems printing since
> installation last year.
> In the last few days the laptop had intermittent problems printing to the
> desktop's printer.
>
> The event viewer on the laptop shows:
>
> 1> a warning that it could not get response from DHCP server
> 2> an error that it could not get a list of servers from the master
> browser
> 3> an error attempting to print.
>
> The event viewer on the desktop shows nothing amiss, no failed attempts
> from
> the
> laptop to list shared resources, or attempts to print.
>
>
> My questions are:
>
> 1> since the DHCP message was only a warning, would the laptop keep its
> current IP address until a valid renewal ?
>
> 2> If the answer to #1 is "no" - if there there is no IP address would
> the NetBios
> cease to use TCP/IP ?
>
> 3> If the connections were originally established using NetBios over
> TCP/IP would
> the desktop server recognize non-TCP/IP NetBios requests if the
> answer to #2 is
> true ?
>
> 4> Would disabling NetBios over TCP/IP solve the problem of file and
> printer sharing
> due to loss of DHCP lease issues ?
>
>
> If none of these questions are relevant to my described problem please
> point
> me in the right
> direction.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Bill
>
>
>
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