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RE: (ASCEND) DHCP and WinNT 4.0 Workstation


Hmmm.  I'll have to think about that.  That's the exact configuratuion we
run here, but we don't have your problem.  Do these folks do shutdowns
before taking their machines home, or do they just close the notebook
(suspend)?

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Lou Melograna [SMTP:lmelogra@AtrionComm.com]
> Sent:	Tuesday, July 14, 1998 12:19 PM
> To:	ascend-users@max.bungi.com
> Subject:	(ASCEND) DHCP and WinNT 4.0 Workstation
> 
> We have a customer who has 6.0.0 code on a P50/75.  They have DHCP
> Spoofing enabled and the PNP 
> feature is also enabled. The users work at the office with laptops that
> they carry to and from 
> their home. The users at the office get an IP address froman NT server 4.0
> using DHCP. When they 
> take their laptops home, they use the Pipeline to give them an IP Address
> via DHCP. However, 
> because the NT 4.0 Workstation has an IP address, the Pipeline cannot
> assign it a new address. 
> the only way to make it work so far (unless someone else can help me here
> please) is to run a 
> script that does n IPCONFIG /RELEASE ALL, then an IPCONFIG /RENEW ALL to
> clear the NT 
> workstation's IP address and allow the Pipeline to assign the IP address.
> This does work ok 
> with Win95 though. Any pointers in a Pipeline code that may fix this?
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Lou
> 
> 
> --------------------------------------------------------
> Name: Lou Melograna
> E-mail: Lou Melograna <lmelogra@atrioncomm.com>
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> 
> Date: 07/14/98
> Time: 11:19:19
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