win98 ignores my gateway setting
 

On my local network there are 2 DHCP servers,
one good, and one bad I can neither disable nor
remove as it's in a switch. I set "gateway" pointing
to the good DHCP server, yet Win98 still goes to
the bad one and gets its DHCP IP from there.

Is there any way to tell Win98 to go to a specific
DHCP server first?

No, there is not. DHCP works on a "broadcast" system - your computer sends
out a request for an address and the first DHCP server to answer gets to
assign the address. This cannot be changed.

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"aurgathor" wrote in message
news:1110336549.1bbee5a2d2ab363f03ed386e2a40545b@t eranews...
On my local network there are 2 DHCP servers,
one good, and one bad I can neither disable nor
remove as it's in a switch. I set "gateway" pointing
to the good DHCP server, yet Win98 still goes to
the bad one and gets its DHCP IP from there.

Is there any way to tell Win98 to go to a specific
DHCP server first?

Thanks. That sucks. :-( I like DHCP a lot better
because I don't need to worry about IP assignments,
but I guess I need to go to static until I can remove
the extra DHCP server.


"Richard G. Harper" wrote in message
...
No, there is not. DHCP works on a "broadcast" system - your computer
sends
out a request for an address and the first DHCP server to answer gets to
assign the address. This cannot be changed.

Yep, that would be your only option. Sorry.

--
Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User]
* PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups
* for the benefit of all. Private mail is usually not replied to.
* My website, such as it is ... http://rgharper.mvps.org/
* HELP us help YOU ... http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm


"aurgathor" wrote in message
news:1110405544.4b4968cb3e3273e18e9f22d9745d88ff@t eranews...
Thanks. That sucks. :-( I like DHCP a lot better
because I don't need to worry about IP assignments,
but I guess I need to go to static until I can remove
the extra DHCP server.


"Richard G. Harper" wrote in message
...
No, there is not. DHCP works on a "broadcast" system - your computer
sends
out a request for an address and the first DHCP server to answer gets to
assign the address. This cannot be changed.