DEC ALPHA WinNT 4.0 Servers w/ SP2 Fail to Lease DHCP Addresses (163261)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0
This article was previously published under Q163261 SYMPTOMS
A DHCP client may fail to obtain a DHCP lease from Digital Equipment
Corporation DEC Alpha computer running Windows NT 4.0 with Service Pack 2
(SP2) installed.
On the Windows 95 client, you will get the following error:
IP CONFIGURATION: ERROR:
DHCP Server Unavailable: Renewing Adapter.
On the Windows NT 4.0 workstation, you will get the following error:
The DHCP could not obtain an IP address.
The Windows NT 4.0 workstation event log will have one of the following
entries:
Event ID: 1007
Source: DHCP
Description: DHCP failed to obtain a lease for the card with network
address <adapter address>.
-or-
Event ID: 1003
Source: DHCP
Description: DHCP failed to obtain a lease for the card with network
address <adapter address>.
CAUSE
DHCP server failed to correctly process the incoming request.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT version 4.0.
This problem was corrected in the latest Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 U.S.
Service
Pack. For information on obtaining the service pack, query on the following
word
in the Microsoft Knowledge Base (without the spaces):
| Modification Type: | Major | Last Reviewed: | 8/9/2001 |
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| Keywords: | kbnetwork KB163261 |
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