On Thu, Mar 24, 2005 at 11:26:34AM -0500, Benjamin Hornberger wrote:

Hi all,

I am trying to configure a DHCP server on SUSE 9.2 Pro in a small private network. Everything works so far except that Microsoft Windows clients don't seem to recognize the DHCP server automatically when they are plugged into the network. I always have to run "ipconfig /renew" from the DOS command prompt. With other DHCP servers, this is not necessary.

Is there any option in dhcpd.conf which I have to set? Thanks for your help,

No, there is no such option. There can't be one -- if the client doesn't decide to request a new address it is a pure client side thing. Either the "there is a new link on the cable" detection of the Windows client does lead to unexpected results with your windows clients (strange hub or switch you are using?) -- or, and this is the only possibility I see, you need to configure your server as "authoritative". If the server is not authoritative, it will not reply with a DHCPDECLINE if a client tries to renew a lease which is not valid in the network. Thus, try putting "authoritative;" into the subnet declaration and see if it helps. Peter -- the pink can of spam imitated the big can of spam