Win2000srv DHCP server problem.

Hello,

I have strange problem with one of my DHCP servers. It won't lease an IP to
one of it's WinXP client computers. This stopped working last week. Until
last week all was fine. All other WinXP clients receive IP's normally.
Naturally I spent about 10 hours to fix this one computer with no luck.
(here is what I tried on the broken client side: Uninstalled Kerio Personal
Firewall, Uninstalled AV, Checked that XP's firewall is disabled,
Uninstall/reinstall network adapter, Re-install&Update driver from Dell and
from Broadcomm, Removed/re-joined computer from/to domain, Renamed computer,
Deleted Winsock from registry, Re-installed TCP/IP protocol, Re-installed XP
over the old installation. (Repair install), Installed XP SP3). No of which
worked.

Then I moved the problem client into another office with different subnet
and DHCP server for testing. And BANG! it got IP settings from this DHCP
server straight away!

So no I suppose that the problem in with the original DHCP server. I can't
find any relevant info from W2K servers eventlogs. Any idea how to
fix/troubleshoot the DHCP server? I was thinking of removing the DHCP
service and re-installing it. Any other ideas???

Thanks

Hello William,

If one client from all has problems to lease addresses it won't be the server
for me.

Best regards

Meinolf Weber
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> Hello,
>
> I have strange problem with one of my DHCP servers. It won't lease an
> IP to one of it's WinXP client computers. This stopped working last
> week. Until last week all was fine. All other WinXP clients receive
> IP's normally. Naturally I spent about 10 hours to fix this one
> computer with no luck. (here is what I tried on the broken client
> side: Uninstalled Kerio Personal Firewall, Uninstalled AV, Checked
> that XP's firewall is disabled, Uninstall/reinstall network adapter,
> Re-install&Update driver from Dell and from Broadcomm,
> Removed/re-joined computer from/to domain, Renamed computer, Deleted
> Winsock from registry, Re-installed TCP/IP protocol, Re-installed XP
> over the old installation. (Repair install), Installed XP SP3). No of
> which worked.
>
> Then I moved the problem client into another office with different
> subnet and DHCP server for testing. And BANG! it got IP settings from
> this DHCP server straight away!
>
> So no I suppose that the problem in with the original DHCP server. I
> can't find any relevant info from W2K servers eventlogs. Any idea how
> to fix/troubleshoot the DHCP server? I was thinking of removing the
> DHCP service and re-installing it. Any other ideas???
>
> Thanks
>

Sorry, I forgot to mention in the first posting that at the original
location the clients networking was ok with static IP settings. So no
cable/swtich malfunctions there...


"William Stokes" <(E-Mail Removed)> kirjoitti
viestissä:OQD6RSd$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hello,
>
> I have strange problem with one of my DHCP servers. It won't lease an IP
> to one of it's WinXP client computers. This stopped working last week.
> Until last week all was fine. All other WinXP clients receive IP's
> normally. Naturally I spent about 10 hours to fix this one computer with
> no luck. (here is what I tried on the broken client side: Uninstalled
> Kerio Personal Firewall, Uninstalled AV, Checked that XP's firewall is
> disabled, Uninstall/reinstall network adapter, Re-install&Update driver
> from Dell and from Broadcomm, Removed/re-joined computer from/to domain,
> Renamed computer, Deleted Winsock from registry, Re-installed TCP/IP
> protocol, Re-installed XP over the old installation. (Repair install),
> Installed XP SP3). No of which worked.
>
> Then I moved the problem client into another office with different subnet
> and DHCP server for testing. And BANG! it got IP settings from this DHCP
> server straight away!
>
> So no I suppose that the problem in with the original DHCP server. I can't
> find any relevant info from W2K servers eventlogs. Any idea how to
> fix/troubleshoot the DHCP server? I was thinking of removing the DHCP
> service and re-installing it. Any other ideas???
>
> Thanks
>
>

Sorry, I forgot to mention in the first posting that at the original
location the clients networking was ok with static IP settings. So no
cable/swtich malfunctions there...

> If one client from all has problems to lease addresses it won't be the
> server for me

Thats what I also thougth first. However
=>I can't cure the client.
=>the client works with different DHCP server.



"Meinolf Weber" <meiweb(nospam)@gmx.de> kirjoitti
viestissä:(E-Mail Removed) osoft.com...
> Hello William,
>
> If one client from all has problems to lease addresses it won't be the
> server for me.
>
> Best regards
>
> Meinolf Weber
> Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and
> confers no rights.
> ** Please do NOT email, only reply to Newsgroups
> ** HELP us help YOU!!! http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I have strange problem with one of my DHCP servers. It won't lease an
>> IP to one of it's WinXP client computers. This stopped working last
>> week. Until last week all was fine. All other WinXP clients receive
>> IP's normally. Naturally I spent about 10 hours to fix this one
>> computer with no luck. (here is what I tried on the broken client
>> side: Uninstalled Kerio Personal Firewall, Uninstalled AV, Checked
>> that XP's firewall is disabled, Uninstall/reinstall network adapter,
>> Re-install&Update driver from Dell and from Broadcomm,
>> Removed/re-joined computer from/to domain, Renamed computer, Deleted
>> Winsock from registry, Re-installed TCP/IP protocol, Re-installed XP
>> over the old installation. (Repair install), Installed XP SP3). No of
>> which worked.
>>
>> Then I moved the problem client into another office with different
>> subnet and DHCP server for testing. And BANG! it got IP settings from
>> this DHCP server straight away!
>>
>> So no I suppose that the problem in with the original DHCP server. I
>> can't find any relevant info from W2K servers eventlogs. Any idea how
>> to fix/troubleshoot the DHCP server? I was thinking of removing the
>> DHCP service and re-installing it. Any other ideas???
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>
>