Richard wrote regarding 'Re: [SLE] Subnet 169.254.0.0' on Thu, Aug 19 at 10:49:
On Thursday 19 August 2004 08:48 am, Danny Sauer wrote: [...] done that way. I have a Dell 1150 laptop with XP & SuSE9.1 on it and it has a real problem getting an IP from my Belkin wireless router when running XP. It usually picks up the blackhole IP and will not get a useable IP. But then sometimes after a restart it will pick up the correct IP and work fine until the next boot. Linux on the same laptop gets the correct IP every time. For me that's enough of an excuse to delete XP now.
On the other hand, I have a friend with an HP laptop using XP and an ethernet connection going into a linksys router/hub and that machine has the same problem but it will hook up properly about 80% of the time. It will work 100% if I plug it into my linux router, indicating some kind of router problem, maybe.
Is there a reliable way to insure the client gets the proper IP. Or is there a way to force the client to get the IP?
What's serving DHCP, the linksys router/hub or the linux router - or are these on seperate networks? Basically, a DHCP client sends out a broadcast asking for an IP, the DHCP server responds with a broadcast that the machine should get, and then the machine sends another message to the DHCP server (Ack! my Address! - or something like that :)). So, perhaps the broadcasts aren't being passed around properly, or perhaps you've just got a bad cable - does the setup work better under Linux v/s windows when using the exact same ethernet cable in the exact same port on the exact same hub? --Danny