Win98 client not obtaining lease from RH9 dhcpd server

I have a small network using a RH9 system as a gateway / firewall to an
internet connextion. I run dhcpd on the server to supply network info to
the local clients. There are two wireless access points and 3-5 Win2K
clients out on the network, and they all obtain IP addresses from the DHCP
server just fine. Unfortunately, there is 1 Win98 client out there that
will not obtain an address no matter what I do. I have currently had to
configure it with a fixed IP.

Question: Has anyone seen this behavior? Is there a setting in dhcpd.conf
that bothers older clients, like Win98? Any help is appreciated.

Thanks,

Gray

Gray D. McCord napsal(a):
> I have a small network using a RH9 system as a gateway / firewall to an
> internet connextion. I run dhcpd on the server to supply network info to
> the local clients. There are two wireless access points and 3-5 Win2K
> clients out on the network, and they all obtain IP addresses from the DHCP
> server just fine. Unfortunately, there is 1 Win98 client out there that
> will not obtain an address no matter what I do. I have currently had to
> configure it with a fixed IP.
>
> Question: Has anyone seen this behavior? Is there a setting in dhcpd.conf
> that bothers older clients, like Win98? Any help is appreciated.
>

The way how is dynamic IP address obtained from server is standardized.
So there is no difference between Win2k and Win98.


When you setup Win to get IP by DHCP what happens ?

- if Win98 do not get DHCP answer within a time limit, it will choose
its own (it is I think 169...). What IP have your 98 box ?

- look in the logs on server where dhcpd runs. It logs all DHCP
communication (depending on loglevel). Some info might be there

- you may want to use packet sniffer (tcpdump, ethereal) to see what
happens when your 2k box asks for IP and the same with Win98

- on Win box with dynamic IP config you may use ipconfig utility. With
/release option to relese IP lease, with /renew again to get one.

Dan