DHCP & Win/98 fixed addresses

Hi,

I have a problem with IPCop with delivery of a fixed addresses via dhcpd.
One is for a windows machine (Win/98) and one for a Mac. The Mac is
working and the Win box not.

The messages I get in /var/log/messages on boot of the Win box are:

Jul 15 21:11:18 ipcop dhcpd: DHCPDISCOVER from 00:a0:cc:5b:35:e3 via eth0
Jul 15 21:11:18 ipcop dhcpd: DHCPOFFER on 192.168.100.72 to
00:a0:cc:5b:35:e3 via eth0
Jul 15 21:11:18 ipcop dhcpd: DHCPDISCOVER from 00:a0:cc:5b:35:e3 via eth0
Jul 15 21:11:19 ipcop dhcpd: DHCPOFFER on 192.168.100.17 to
00:a0:cc:5b:35:e3 via eth0
Jul 15 21:11:19 ipcop dhcpd: DHCPREQUEST for 192.168.100.17 from
00:a0:cc:5b:35:e3 via eth0
Jul 15 21:11:19 ipcop dhcpd: DHCPNAK on 192.168.100.17 to 00:a0:cc:5b:35:e3
via eth0
Jul 15 21:11:19 ipcop dhcpd: DHCPREQUEST for 192.168.100.17 from
00:a0:cc:5b:35:e3 via eth0
Jul 15 21:11:19 ipcop dhcpd: DHCPACK on 192.168.100.17 to 00:a0:cc:5b:35:e3
via eth0

After this the Win box has no address and won't (naturally enough) connect.

This is the relevant part of dhcpd.conf:

host fix2 {
hardware ethernet 00:a0:cc:5b:35:e3;
fixed-address 192.168.100.72;
}


Can anyone tell me what's going wrong, or where to look for more evidence?

I don't understand what the problem is, or why dhcpd is offering a
different address on the second DHCPOFFER.

Thanks in advance for any help ...

David


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D.S. Hodgson
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David