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Contributed by bravecobra on Jun 18, 2008 - 09:31 PM

I had a problem with Windows Vista not accepting an IP address, being offered from a Linux DHCP server. Apart from changing the already known registry entry (DhcpConnEnableBcastFlagToggle), I had to add the following line to my dhcpd.conf

server-identifier 192.168.0.3;

Now my config looks like this:

subnet 192.168.0.0
netmask 255.255.255.0
{
    allow unknown-clients;
    ddns-updates on;
    ddns-domainname "olympus.home";
    option domain-name-servers 192.168.0.3;
    option broadcast-address 192.168.0.255;
    option subnet-mask 255.255.255.0;
    option routers 192.168.0.1;
    range 192.168.0.100 192.168.0.200;
    server-identifier 192.168.0.3;
}

Restarting the dhcpd server, solved my problem. I found the solution at http://www.fedoraforum.org/forum/archive/index.php/t-157188.html

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- Joshua Montgomery
- Posted on Aug 19, 2009 - 10:15 PM
This solution worked for me.

http://www.russellconsultants.com/information/how-to-mainmenu-15/21-networking/43-dhcp-and-windows-vista.html

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