[NTLUG:Discuss] if you can stand any more on dhcpcd

[Val W. Harris]

Fred James wrote:
> ANG1105 is DHCP server at home
> Windows2000 machine is DHCP server at work
> Subnet Mask is 255.255.255.0 at both locations
> Do I personally control the DHCP server at either end - no.  I used to 
> use a Linksys at home, and I controlled that, but the corporation owns 
> and controls the ANG1105
> 
> The ANG1105 does two things - if the request is addressing something on 
> the VAN, it routes through the VAN; if the address is something outside 
> the VAN, it routes to my ISP (ATT.).
> I have verified that by visiting sites that would be restricted within 
> the corporate Intranet.
> 

When you have the problem, that requires a new IP lease to fix, can you
get to the AT&T internet, but not your corporate LAN; or do both
destinations come up "Network Unreachable"?

Val
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Val W. Harris              vwharris at airmail.net

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