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A user comes to the office where we use DHCP. It is a peer-to-peer network. He runs win 2000. But when he tries to log on, DHCP does not work. When we put a static IP it works. Any answers?

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by ebob

1 - What "does not work" with DHCP? Does he get an IP address? How about default gateway and subnet mask? Is there an error message? Is the Win2K setup to use a DHCP server or is he hard-coded from his normal "home"?

2 - "he tries to log on", to what? if it is really a "peer-to-peer" network the user should just be logging onto his own PC (or perhaps to a workgroup, which might arguably NOT be a peer-to-peer environment). Check to make sure he is not trying to log on to his own domain, back in another office.

by bdivine

How about an Ipconfig release and renew? Also are you using a default DNS? and DNS suffix?

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