-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I'm running RH 6.2 with DHCPD and I don't have that route and my Windows box grabs an IP just fine. Is this sothing new to the package? - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Digital Wokan" To: Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2000 7:47 PM Subject: Re: DHCPD madness > There's a route you need to add to your Linux box for > 255.255.255.255 for it to work as a DHCP server to Windows clients. > (Yes, the HOW-TO even called it screwed up on MS's part.) > > /sbin/route add -net 255.255.255.255 netmask 255.255.255.255 dev > eth0 (or whatever device is connected to the LAN) > > That should have been a part of /etc/rc.d/init.d/dhcpd assuming you > installed it from the 7.2 RPM's. (I'm reading this off a Mdk7.2 > install right now.) > > Deepak Saxena wrote: > > I'm running dhcpd on a mandrake 7.2 box and having some client > > side weirdness. Basically, if I boot a client machine into > > linux, it gets the IP address just fine. If I boot into Win98SE, > > it never gets the address. /var/log/messages on the server shows > > that it gets DHCPDISCOVER requests and replies to them with > > DHCPOFFER replies, but the windoews box doesn't seem to get them! > > :( > > -- > Digital Wokan > Tribal mage of the electronics age > Guerilla Linux Warrior > > ________________________________________________ > See http://PLUG.phoenix.az.us/navigator-mail.shtml if your mail > doesn't post to the list quickly and you use Netscape to write > mail. > > Plug-discuss mailing list - Plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGPfreeware 6.5.8 for non-commercial use iQA/AwUBOjddMUMEEOy70wAmEQKTVwCgz8a3h+K6MHuIr0boin1/kEEKkDQAoJ2C ogPNNRQ1Vru3v3mZGeziB405 =ZOx4 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----