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RE: NETSH Fails When Passed String Containing "="

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Old 01-25-2007, 01:24 AM
Default RE: NETSH Fails When Passed String Containing "="





"Pete Davis" wrote:

> Good afternoon -
>
> I am having a bit of a problem with NETSH on Windows 2003 SP1 (Standard). I
> am using NETSH to manage a number of IP reservations, and it's a very useful
> tool, except for one problem; NETSH fails when you try to set a
> reservedoptionvalue (a string) containing an '='.
>
> An example of what I mean:
> dhcp server 127.0.0.1 scope 127.0.1.0 set reservedoptionvalue 127.0.1.5 176
> string "TFTPSERVER=127.0.9.9" (will fail)
>
> dhcp server 127.0.0.1 scope 127.0.1.0 set reservedoptionvalue 127.0.1.5 176
> string "SOME OTHER TEXT" (will work fine)
>
> I see this bug was "fixed in Windows 2000 SP4" according to the KB, but this
> is 2003 SP1. Surely I can't be the only person who has run into this problem?
> Am I doing something wrong? If anyone knows of a bugfix or a workaround I
> would be grateful. I am not looking forward to manually setting the options
> on several hundred reservations.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Pete



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