Re: DHCP error

[rmcdonald@gesn.com]

That's not an Error "per-se" Mark.  I assign each NIC card as DHCP for my
convenience.  Some counties have a LAN and some don't.  So, all you have to
do to remediate this problem is give the NIC that is not obtaining and IP
address(this means there is no DHCP server to dish it an IP address) an
abitrary IP address.

Robert


> I am seeing the following type of errors on all of the Florida GEMS
> servers:
>
> DHCP failed to obtain a lease for the card with network address
> 00C04F370FB1. The following error occurred: The semaphore timeout has
> expired.
>
> I have instructed usersto hit the NO response the first time this
> message appears at boot up, but this is not sitting well with many of
> them.
>
> Has anyone seen this other thanme? What is actually causing this?
> Howcan  I prevent this from occurring? What is DHCP? It looks like some
> sort of  a network connectionor service.
>
> Putting a Dummy TCP/IP address into the DHCP properties seems to stop
> the error, but I would like more info as to why this is happening and
> what DHCP is used for.
>
> Any help will be appreciated.
>
> Mark