Re: XP SP2 cannot contact DHCP after a restart

On Wed, 11 Apr 2007 07:54:04 -0700, vvii <vvii@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

"Chuck" wrote:

On Wed, 11 Apr 2007 07:30:02 -0700, vvii <vvii@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

"Chuck" wrote:

On Mon, 9 Apr 2007 08:24:01 -0700, vvii <vvii@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Now I am getting IP: 10.0.0.240/24 every once awhile after I have rebooted
the PCs.

Any other solutions?

What address are you normally getting from DHCP?

When you get the 10.0.0.240/24 address, check "ipconfig /all", and identify the
DHCP server. You probably have a rogue server somewhere, maybe a NAT router
giving out addresses.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/reading-ipconfig-and-diagnosing.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/reading-ipconfig-and-diagnosing.html

we have a 192.168.1.x network with 192.168.1.2 DNS Server, 192.168.1.1
gateway, dhcp server 192.168.1.2

When I logon to the PC, and do ipconfig /all on the PC, I get the following:

Host Name: XXXXX
Primary DNS Suffix: mydomain.com
Node Type: Unknown
IP Routing Enable: NO
WINS: NO

Dhcp Enable: Yes
Autoconfiguration Enable: Yes
IP address: 10.0.0.241
Subnet mask: 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway:
DHCP Server: 10.0.0.3
Lease Obtained: Monday, April 9, 2007 12:25:19 PM
Lease Expires: Monday, April 9, 2007 12:35:19 PM

My client have to do ipconfig /release and ipconfig /renew in order to get
on to the domain.

OK, find the device with IP address 10.0.0.3 - that's the problem. Someone has
an extra NAT router stashed somewhere, maybe using it as a WiFi AP.

All our PCs, including Severs are all connected to a switch, the switch is
connected to a router and then out to the ISP.

I am kind of confuse, do you mind if you can explain a little bit more
detail.

The addresses that you provided above - "a 192.168.1.x network with 192.168.1.2
DNS Server, 192.168.1.1 gateway, dhcp server 192.168.1.2" suggest a private LAN
behind a NAT router - NOT a switch. You need to understand the difference.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2006/02/set-of-simple-network-components.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2006/02/set-of-simple-network-components.html

Your LAN includes a DHCP server which assigns dynamic settings (including IP
address) to any computers asking for settings. That's DHCP.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/reading-ipconfig-and-diagnosing.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/reading-ipconfig-and-diagnosing.html

A server providing DHCP settings only gets a DHCP request from other computers
on the subnet - DHCP requests don't pass thru routers. You can have just ONE
DHCP server on a subnet, or you can get conflicts.

Your DHCP server is 192.168.1.2, which will generally (but not always) be on a
192.168.1.0/24 network, with a 255.255.255.0 subnet mask.

Your problem computers are getting DHCP settings from 10.0.0.3, which is
generally on a 10.0.0.0/8 network, with a 255.0.0.0 subnet mask. This suggests
that you have an unknown computer / network device on your network that's
issuing DHCP for 10.0.0.0/8.

This problem has been seen here a few times. It's frequently caused by a NAT
router, connected to the network, and being used as a switch or a WiFi Access
Point. Maybe YOU connected it, maybe a coworker did.

Rogue APs are a big problem on many networks. Someone gets used to working at
home, in his bedroom without wires, so he gets to work, someone tells him "No
WiFi here", and he thinks "Why not?". She goes to Walmart, buys a WiFi router,
comes to work the next day, hooks it up, and is online in a couple minutes.

But a NAT router, with the DHCP server giving out settings, will respond to any
computer asking for settings. Computers asking for settings have no way of
knowing if the settings provided are from a legit DHCP server, or an unknown
one, carelessly connected and unknown.

Ping 10.0.0.3. If you get a response, ask why you should, on a 192.168.1.0/24
network?

--
Cheers,
Chuck, MS-MVP [Windows - Networking]
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/
Paranoia is not a problem, when it's a normal response from experience.
My email is AT DOT
actual address pchuck mvps org.
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