Re: Can I run DHCP on XP Pro?

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From: Trev (Trev_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 06/18/04 

Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2004 02:57:01 -0700

Hi Dave,

Thanks for that, of course.....kicking myself now.

"Dave Lowther" wrote:

> "Trev" <Trev@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:EE8B0C13-49B3-4EAA-B27E-A2842F1D0791@microsoft.com...
> > I have a number of remote users who are attending a conference in a hotel,
> the hotel are providing me with a DSL connection but with 1 static IP
> address. I want to take a switch with me to connect a number of the reps
> laptops to apply patches etc via the internet and want to find a way of
> allocating IP addresses via DHCP from my laptop. All laptops are running XP
> Pro including mine.
> >
> > Is there a way of doing this in XP or is there a 3rd party free utility to
> acheive this, any help would be most appreciated.
>
> If you use the DSL connection from your PC and enable ICS (Internet
> Connection Sharing) on your PC then this will automatically run the built in
> XP DHCP server on your machine and the other laptops will get their IP from
> your DHCP server.
>
> Dave.
>
>
>

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