Change DHCP timeout?

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Our application installs a USB network adaptor, which the user then plugs
into their computer. Upon plugging it in, the adaptor searches for a DHCP
server for a solid minute, and afterwards comes up with an error message
specifying "limited or no connectivity" because there's no DHCP server.

This is normal; my question is whether or not it's possible to shorten the
timeout or somehow disable the USB adaptor from using DHCP. I have the INF
file for the driver.

Any suggestions or ideas?

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Check maybe in co-installer ( user mode , obviously ) you can set static IP
by SetStatic() of Win32_NetworkAdapterConfiguration ( WMI )
Arkady

"Jeremy Noring" <somewhere@thenet.com> wrote in message
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> Our application installs a USB network adaptor, which the user then plugs
> into their computer. Upon plugging it in, the adaptor searches for a DHCP
> server for a solid minute, and afterwards comes up with an error message
> specifying "limited or no connectivity" because there's no DHCP server.
>
> This is normal; my question is whether or not it's possible to shorten the
> timeout or somehow disable the USB adaptor from using DHCP. I have the
> INF file for the driver.
>
> Any suggestions or ideas?
>
> --
> Where am I going?
> And why am I in this handbasket?
>

 

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"Arkady Frenkel" <arkadyf@hotmailxdotx.com> wrote in message
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> Check maybe in co-installer ( user mode , obviously ) you can set static
> IP by SetStatic() of Win32_NetworkAdapterConfiguration ( WMI )
> Arkady
>

We already set the address to a static, but the adaptor has to wait for the
DHCP timeout before it's available to us--and it results in an error message
being displayed to the user.

Any other ideas?