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Old 02-10-2009
couldn't contact the DHCP server
hi

when i configure for DHCP in my solaris it says not able to contact dhcp server..


what might be the problem( is there any problem in recognizing my hostname by DHCP Server)?

can any one explain


thanks in advance
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Old 02-16-2009
The DHCP server should be on the same physical LAN (or VLAN if you are using fancy switches) as the client host.

If you have verified that it is on the same LAN, then either: the DHCP server is not configured to recognize the new hosts' MAC address, or there is a firewall on the server blocking such activity (which would be stupid to do to a DHCP server), or there is a problem with the client configuration -- you've set it for DCHP, but not correctly.
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