dhcp

[Eric]

I have a laptop running WinXP pro, it just plain old wont or cant talk to
the DHCP server in my router so it never gets an IP.
Is there any log file that shows the steps it took so i debug this problem?
Is there a place in the device manager or Networking thing were i can check
and see what addresses it is trying to talk to the DHCP server on?
My network DHCP server is 192.168.10.1
Other machines on my network have no problems at all, its just this one
laptop that must be mis-configured somewhere.
Thanks
Eric

 

[Clark]

Is it wireless or not?

Do you have enough addresses set up in the DHCP server for the laptop?

Are you using MAC filtering?

Try setting it with a static address to see if you can get it to work.

If you check the IPconfig /all command, what does it show for the IP
addresses?

What does the DHCP table in the router say?

Clark

 

[Eric]

Is it wireless or not?

Do you have enough addresses set up in the DHCP server for the laptop?

Are you using MAC filtering?

Try setting it with a static address to see if you can get it to work.

If you check the IPconfig /all command, what does it show for the IP
addresses?

What does the DHCP table in the router say?

Clark

Its not wireless. The DHCP server is my linksys router, its serving ok to
other systems. If i put a static ip in my laptop it works ok.
ipconfig shows all 0's for ip and netmask
ipconfig /all shows DHCP server is 255.255.255.255
Is that right? Seems like thats not right to me, what should it be?
My linksys is at 192.168.10.1
Thanks
Eric

 

[Scott Allen]

No this is a multicast address. The DHCP server should be the 192
address. What happens when you right click and repair the adapter? What
info do the other systems display with ipconfig?