I forgot, you have choices , I've been in windows mode too long. pump...yeah...<br><br><br><br><b><i>James Le Cuirot <chewi@aura-online.co.uk></i></b> wrote:<blockquote class="replbq" style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"> On Fri, 21 Sep 2007 18:42:32 +0100 (BST)<br>Lee Hughes <toxicnaan@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:<br><br>> does anyone out there know dhcp protocol (well). I found myself<br>> debugging it today, and err, it's a bit of a nightmare.<br>> <br>> I won't go into details, but it's seems the dhcp server is not<br>> willing to make friends with linux, however the dhcp<br>> is willing to give leases to windows machines....<br>> <br>> anyone ever experienced this on a production network?<br>> <br>> and before you ask, I don't know whats running on the<br>> dhcp server...<br><br>Heh not since I was studying abroad in France and that kind of info<br>doesn't stay in the brain for very long. It
barely made it to the exam!<br><br>I have had problems with Linux and DHCP in the past in cases where<br>Windows would work fine but it's been a while since I last saw it<br>happen. I've seen it happen with routers that I believe were even<br>running Linux themselves, which is very bizarre. Perhaps try a<br>different client, there are a few to choose from. Off the top of my<br>head, there's dhcpcd, udhcpc and pump.<br><br>James<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>dundee GNU/Linux Users Group mailing list<br>dundee@lists.lug.org.uk http://dundee.lug.org.uk<br>https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/dundee<br>Chat on IRC, #tlug on dundee.lug.org.uk<br></toxicnaan@yahoo.co.uk></blockquote><br><p> 
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