Domain controller not available

[Guest]

I've read the previous posts, but haven't found anything yet. I have two
clients on a large network experiencing a problem. We have Novell with the
desktop OS being Win2K Pro. The problem being that logging in is fine for
the Novell portion, all Novell items being seen and usable. However, a
windwo pops up saying a domain controller could not be contacted. I've
disabled and re-enabled the NICs for both. Any ipconfig /release says the IP
already has been released and ipconfig /renew just sits there and fianlly
says DHCP server couldn't be contacted. Numerous users on the same subnet
contact DHCP just fine. I finally assigned static IPs to both machines and
the correct DNS and WINS addresses and everything works fine, but I want them
on DHCP. Any suggestions?

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

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I've read the previous posts, but haven't found anything yet. I have
two clients on a large network experiencing a problem. We have
Novell with the desktop OS being Win2K Pro. The problem being that
logging in is fine for the Novell portion, all Novell items being
seen and usable. However, a windwo pops up saying a domain
controller could not be contacted. I've disabled and re-enabled the
NICs for both. Any ipconfig /release says the IP already has been
released and ipconfig /renew just sits there and fianlly says DHCP
server couldn't be contacted. Numerous users on the same subnet
contact DHCP just fine. I finally assigned static IPs to both
machines and the correct DNS and WINS addresses and everything works
fine, but I want them on DHCP. Any suggestions?

Did you try a new patch cable?
New NIC drivers?

 

[Guest]

Problem solved, our duly noted network team released more IPs for use...sigh.