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by m.r.

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I have a new W2K server that is broadcasting on port 68-bootp. Anyone know what would be doing this?

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by dmiles

This is pertaining to the boot strap protocol that is automatically assign ip address by dhcp,when accessing the server it may be having a problem hitting a fire wall

See:
1)www.networkice.com
2)www.network.sorcery.com

by m.r.

Bootp.. But why would a server be broadcasting it? It has an an assigned address and is a DHCP server.

by m.r.

W2K DHCP does the broadcasting where NT4.0 DHCP didn't. Haven't found out why yet.

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