[H-GEN] Cannot control Linux configuration

[Alex Delaforce]

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> -----Original Message-----
> Behalf Of Robert Stanford
> Sent: Sunday, 6 April 2003 10:58 PM
> To: general at lists.humbug.org.au
> Subject: Re: [H-GEN] Cannot control Linux configuration
> On Sun, 2003-04-06 at 19:17, Alex Delaforce wrote:
> > that at the Humbug meeting I can pick up a DHCP address 100% of the 
> > time but at home using a Windows 2K gateway machine The DHCP worked 
> > only about 1 in 10 attempts.
> 
> This is not your machine, its the 2K dhcp server that is the problem.
> 
> Well thats probably being a bit judgemental, what dhcp client 
> does your machine use?
I have the windows 2000 machine running Internet Connection Sharing,
this runs DHCP as default, the windows machine issues DHCP addresses
correctly when the linux box does pick one up. Its just not 100%
reliable. 

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