Re: NT 4.0 DHCP Options

Dan Bronstein <dan1@dss.com> Tue, 18 March 1997 16:19 UTC

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> 
> I've been using NT for handing out DHCP options (e.g. WINS server, DNS
> server) without any trouble. Do you have Service Pack 2 installed on
> NT4.0 ? DHCP got a serious rework in SP2. What specific options were you
> having trouble with?

I don't think SP2 is loaded - how can I tell if it is or is not ?

Routers, DNS Servers, Domain Name and Host Name are the options being used.

>>  	-----Original Message-----
>>  	From:	dan1@dss.com [SMTP:dan1@dss.com]
>>  	Sent:	Friday, March 14, 1997 11:28 AM
>>  	To:	Multiple recipients of list
>>  	Subject:	NT 4.0 DHCP Options
>>  
>>  	Does anyone know of problems with NT 4.0 providing DHCP options
>>  ?
>>  
>>  	I've tried setting per-scope options and global options, but it
>>  appears that
>>  	the NT server only wants to provide addresses and no options.
>>  Does something
>>  	somewhere else need to be enabled ?
>>  
>>  	We're running the ISC DHCP Server on Sun Solaris box and it
>>  provides options 
>>  	as expected.
>>  
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