[TriLUG] NT DHCP Server woes

[Christopher Knowles]

OK, I have been having this problem since time began.  (Specifically, ~ June 
of 1996.  Six years ago today, I started deploying Netscape 1.22...)

We have an NT 4.0 Server doing DHCP serving for us.  Due to the Paranoid 
climate, moving that service is NOT an option, believe me I've tried.  The 
problem is that I can't get Linux boxen to use that DHCP server.  All of them 
time out.  (Pump, DHCPcd)  Is there anything special that one has to do to 
the server to get it to serve properly, or anything that the people who set 
it up may have done that would cause this problem?  I've asked on M$ related 
lists, and shockingly, they don't seem to care.  Now, Macs, and windows boxen 
grab the addresses perfectly.  

This is only a problem for me because I have started lugging a laptop to home 
and work, and would like to plug in the built in NIC without changing 
anything or even rebooting, and dang it, it should work.

Speaking of Paranoid... The lack of DHCP ability was actually used to shoot 
down the use of Linux, even though it was to be a server.  "If they can't get 
DHCP to work, who knows what else might go wrong"  Grrr... 

CJK