RE: Microsoft Windows95 DHCP Timeout

[Pradeep Bahl <[e-mail]>]

We have fixed this early timeout problem in Win95.  Microsoft PSS can
provide the fix.

Pradeep

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>From: 	Alan S. Dobkin[SMTP:[e-mail]]
>Sent: 	Wednesday, February 28, 1996 4:44 PM
>To: 	[e-mail]
>Cc: 	Craig L. Myers; Carol L. Moretto; Darrell J. Durggin
>Subject: 	Microsoft Windows95 DHCP Timeout
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>
>Since we're on the topic of Microsoft's DHCP software, I thought I'd
>ask 
>this group (and specifically the Microsoft folks) for some help with
>this 
>problem.  We are currently testing Sun's SolarNet PC-Admin 1.5 server
>for 
>use as a campus-wide DHCP/BootP server at Emory.  So far, I have had 
>success using DHCP with Windows95 in the same subnet as the server, but
>
>the negotiation fails if the Windows95 client is in a different subnet,
>
>using the helper-address function of our Cisco routers.  Incidentally, 
>Apple's Open Transport client works using the same server in either the
>
>same subnet or accross the router.  Specifically, the Windows95 client 
>sends the DHCP request, the router passes it on, the server sees it and
>
>responds with an IP number, but the Windows95 client states that it has
>
>not gotten a response.
>
>After doing some research, I've noticed that a similar problem has been
>
>posted to the Windows95 Networking Bugs FAQ.  Has Microsoft addressed 
>this problem?  Is there a solution?
>
>http://WWW-Leland.Stanford.Edu/~llurch/win95netbugs/faq.html
>http://WWW-Leland.Stanford.Edu/~llurch/win95netbugs/faq-c.html#c28
>
>C.28. What do I do if Win95 won't wait long enough for my DHCP server
>to 
>assign an address?
>
>Date: Mon, 6 Nov 1995 10:55:17 -0600
>From: David Devereaux-Weber <[e-mail]>
>Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
>
>[Complain, I guess, until Microsoft fixes this.] 
>
>We have had difficulty with Microsoft's implementation of DHCP in
>WIN95. 
>the DHCP client is supposed to wait a reasonable period of time for the
>server to check an address before it is given to the client.
>Microsoft's
>client doesn't wait very long - it bails out early and reports no
>response. The people at Sun hacked their client software for us to
>temporarily work around the problem. Unfortunately, trying to get
>Microsoft to understand and support the official protocol has been
>unsuccessful to date. 
>
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