Hello all, we (that is to say, the company for which I am employed)
are having an interesting situation that I hope someone here has seen
before and can assist us with.
Thanks in advance for any help.
OK, here's the deal: recently we replaced our previous DHCP server
with a new one. The old server was NetWare Border Manager (version
3.x) and the new one is Slackware Linux 8.0 (with the default DHCP
daemon installed). The Kernel was upgraded to 2.4.17.
The problem we're having is this: some computers attached to our
network are receiving (or have received) incorrect information from
the DHCP server. The IP Address range is fine (172.16.x.x) but the
Subnet Mask, which should be 255.255.0.0 is being set to 255.0.0.0.
Has anyone seen this before and know how to rectify this? The
workstations that receive the DHCP leases are all Windows 95/98/2000.
The workstations that are receiving the problematic netmask are only
Win95/98.
Here's the relevant portion of our dhcpd.conf:
subnet 172.16.0.0 netmask 255.255.0.0 {
range 172.16.1.0 172.16.3.0;
option routers 172.16.0.1;
So you see, this should be fine. Basically, give each client a uniqueQuote:}
IP Address between 172.16.1.0 and 172.16.3.0, inclusive; excepting for
Static IP Addresses (servers).
Yet, this setup is producing the error as indicated above.
Any ideas?
Thanks in advance.