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Hello all!
I have a client with a new Dell/Vista Home Premium SP1, a mid-range machine.
The network is a small office with a workgroup configuration (name of
Test...), one other computer (XP Home), a WD World MyBook network hard
drive, all attached through a Linksys non-wireless router to a DSL
connection.
The problem is that, after booting, the Vista machine does not obtain an IP
address from the router - that's what it says... (the router is set to be
the DHCP server). So nothing connects of course. However, by telling the
computer to repair the connection, it does the release/renew IP dance and
works like a champ.
I am thinking that Vista is somehow blocking the acquisition of an IP
address when it first boots. There *seems* to be no security issues in the
way, but there probably is somewhere that I'm missing.
Any ideas?
Thank you for your time and thought on this.
Will Stephenson
Acadia Technologies Inc
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