Vista refuses DHCP offer in the privat IP range??

> My Vista accepts private IP addresses in the 192.168.1.xx range from my
> Linksys router.
>
> "Nieuwslezer" <nieuwslezer@nieuws.nl> wrote in message
> news:aYudnQSXveRZhFLYnZ2dnUVZ8sqjnZ2d@zeelandnet.n l...
>

>>I try to install Vista on a computer in my private network. But the network
>>interface is not accepting an IP address from the DHCP server.
>>
>>If on this same hardware I install eg. Linux the PC accepts the offered IP
>>address from the DHCP server. Imho this rules out a DHCP server
>>misconfiguration and hardware failure. The IP address assigned is in the
>>(172.x.x.x) range. On an other computer also installing Vista I see the
>>same behaviour. On the dhcp server log I see a DHCP request, a DHCP offer,
>>but no DHCP ack if vista is installed.
>>
>>If I switch the hardware to a network with public IP addresses and I
>>install Vista, the system nicely accepts an IP address from the DHCP
>>server. This rules out hardware/software failure in Vista imho.
>>
>>My conclusion is that Vista refuses DHCP offers in the private IP ranges.
>>Has anyone seen this too.
>>
>>My question is how can I have Vista accept IP addresses in the private
>>range??
>>
>>Regards, Koos.

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>
>

> What netmask do you use? Mine is 255.255.255.192.
>
> Koos.
>
>

> "Nieuwslezer" <nieuwslezer@nieuws.nl> wrote in message
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>

>> What netmask do you use? Mine is 255.255.255.192.
>>
>> Koos.
>>
>>

>
>
> Try changing the subnet mask to 255.255.0.0 and also 255.255.255.0 to
> see if it's a subnet problem. What DHCP server are you using?
>

>I use fedora core 5 dhcp 3.0.3-28 on both the privat and public netsegment.
>
> At the moment I am reconfiguring the privat network to see if the standard
> netmask will work. I believe in the 172.16.x.x range the "official"
> netmask is 255.255.0.0. Is this correct???
>
> Koos.
>
> Kerry Brown wrote:

>> "Nieuwslezer" <nieuwslezer@nieuws.nl> wrote in message
>> news:y5idnS6kZo4LrFLYnZ2dnUVZ8o7inZ2d@zeelandnet.n l...
>>

>>> What netmask do you use? Mine is 255.255.255.192.
>>>
>>> Koos.
>>>
>>>

>>
>>
>> Try changing the subnet mask to 255.255.0.0 and also 255.255.255.0 to see
>> if it's a subnet problem. What DHCP server are you using?
>>

> What netmask do you use? Mine is 255.255.255.192.
>
> Koos.
>
>
> JW wrote:

>> My Vista accepts private IP addresses in the 192.168.1.xx range from my
>> Linksys router.
>>
>> "Nieuwslezer" <nieuwslezer@nieuws.nl> wrote in message
>> news:aYudnQSXveRZhFLYnZ2dnUVZ8sqjnZ2d@zeelandnet.n l...
>>

>>>I try to install Vista on a computer in my private network. But the
>>>network interface is not accepting an IP address from the DHCP server.
>>>
>>>If on this same hardware I install eg. Linux the PC accepts the offered
>>>IP address from the DHCP server. Imho this rules out a DHCP server
>>>misconfiguration and hardware failure. The IP address assigned is in the
>>>(172.x.x.x) range. On an other computer also installing Vista I see the
>>>same behaviour. On the dhcp server log I see a DHCP request, a DHCP
>>>offer, but no DHCP ack if vista is installed.
>>>
>>>If I switch the hardware to a network with public IP addresses and I
>>>install Vista, the system nicely accepts an IP address from the DHCP
>>>server. This rules out hardware/software failure in Vista imho.
>>>
>>>My conclusion is that Vista refuses DHCP offers in the private IP ranges.
>>>Has anyone seen this too.
>>>
>>>My question is how can I have Vista accept IP addresses in the private
>>>range??
>>>
>>>Regards, Koos.

>>
>>

>I try to install Vista on a computer in my private network. But the network
>interface is not accepting an IP address from the DHCP server.
>
> If on this same hardware I install eg. Linux the PC accepts the offered IP
> address from the DHCP server. Imho this rules out a DHCP server
> misconfiguration and hardware failure. The IP address assigned is in the
> (172.x.x.x) range. On an other computer also installing Vista I see the
> same behaviour. On the dhcp server log I see a DHCP request, a DHCP offer,
> but no DHCP ack if vista is installed.
>
> If I switch the hardware to a network with public IP addresses and I
> install Vista, the system nicely accepts an IP address from the DHCP
> server. This rules out hardware/software failure in Vista imho.
>
> My conclusion is that Vista refuses DHCP offers in the private IP ranges.
> Has anyone seen this too.
>
> My question is how can I have Vista accept IP addresses in the private
> range??
>
> Regards, Koos.