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Q163261: DEC ALPHA WinNT 4.0 Servers w/ SP2 Fail to Lease DHCP Addresses

Article: Q163261
Product(s): Microsoft Windows NT
Version(s): winnt:4.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbnetwork
Last Modified: 09-AUG-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Windows NT Server version 4.0 
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SYMPTOMS
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A DHCP client may fail to obtain a DHCP lease from Digital Equipment Corporation
DEC Alpha computer running Windows NT 4.0 with Service Pack 2 (SP2) installed.

On the Windows 95 client, you will get the following error:

  IP CONFIGURATION: ERROR:
  DHCP Server Unavailable: Renewing Adapter.

On the Windows NT 4.0 workstation, you will get the following error:

  The DHCP could not obtain an IP address.

The Windows NT 4.0 workstation event log will have one of the following entries:

  Event ID: 1007
  Source: DHCP
  Description: DHCP failed to obtain a lease for the card with network address
  <adapter address>.

-or-

  Event ID: 1003
  Source: DHCP
  Description: DHCP failed to obtain a lease for the card with network address
  <adapter address>.

CAUSE
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DHCP server failed to correctly process the incoming request.


STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT version 4.0. This
problem was corrected in the latest Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 U.S. Service Pack.
For information on obtaining the service pack, query on the following word in
the Microsoft Knowledge Base (without the spaces):

  S E R V P A C K



Additional query words: prodnt DHCP Service Pack 2 3

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Keywords          : kbnetwork 
Technology        : kbWinNTsearch kbWinNT400search kbWinNTSsearch kbWinNTS400search kbWinNTS400
Version           : winnt:4.0

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