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More info?)
greg wrote:
> i guess it doesnt need a reservation, but it was the only
> way i can get a different IP on it
> when i did Release/renew it still picked up the same IP
Yes, a computer will always try to get the same IP address it had last time.
Did you disable the DHCP server on the router *first* and make sure the
changes stuck, before doing this? Was the DHCP scope the same on the router
and the workstation? Did you try ipconfig /release, ipconfig /renew, and
then ipconfig /all to see whether the DHCP server IP was truly the W2k
server?
You should be able to do this without a reservation,
definitely. Reservations are great for a lot of things (network printers,
etc) but shouldn't be necessary for this computer....
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> Greg wrote:
>>> Everything is fine now. I did release/renew but that
>>> didnt seem to work. I tried reserving a different IP
>>> address to the laptop and now it is able to connect to the
>>> internet fine. Thanks for you help
>>
>> Glad it's working, but...
>> Did it have a reserved IP before?
>> Why does it need a reservation anyway?
>>
>>>
>>> greg
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> greg wrote:
>>>>> I configured my Windows 2000 Server running Active
>>>>> Directory to be acting as a DHCP server as well.
>>>>>
>>>>> We had a DLINK router acting as a DHCP Server, but i
>>>>> disabled it due to the W2K server.
>>>>>
>>>>> All of the computers logging into the server can connect
>>>>> fine and access the internet. However i have a user using
>>>>> an XP Laptop who can't connect to the internet. She logs
>>>>> into the domain fine and her IP Configurations are
>>>>> correct. Any ideas as to what is wrong??
>>>>
>>>> Run ipconfig /all on her workstation & report back with it
>>>> here....I presume she's using DHCP and you released/renewed?
>>>>
>>>> All servers and workstations should specify *only* the internal
>>>> AD-integrated DNS server's IP address in their network settings.
>>>> The AD-integrated DNS server should be set up with forwarders to
>>>> your ISP's DNS servers for external resolution, and/or use root
>>>> hints. See http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-
>>>> us;300202 for more info.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>> Greg
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> .
>>
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