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Try harder !!! (Announce)

posted by rr , Berlin, Germany, 17.01.2010, 18:57

> > The BUG was in WATTTCP.CFG :
> >
> > > my_ip = dhcp
> > > dhcp.server = 192.168.178.1
>
> This is not a bug, but the value which works for my PCs. It's described in
> WATTCP.CFG that this entry has to be adjusted when a DHCP server is to be
> used.

Background: A DHCP client uses broadcasts to find a DHCP server offering an IP address. So unless you have more than one DHCP server in your subnet, the second line could / should be omitted.

Complete thread:

• OWB in DOS - Japheth, 09.01.2010, 11:03 (Announce)
  • OWB in DOS - Laaca, 09.01.2010, 18:05
  • OWB in DOS - Only White Board ??? | HX fixes :-) - DOS386, 14.01.2010, 09:14
    • OWB in DOS - Only White Board ??? | HX fixes :-) - Japheth, 14.01.2010, 17:12
      • Try harder !!! - DOS386, 16.01.2010, 04:55
        • Try harder !!! - Japheth, 16.01.2010, 08:35
          • Try harder !!! - DOS386, 16.01.2010, 09:09
            • Try harder !!! - Japheth, 16.01.2010, 15:07
              • problem with MSVCR80.DLL - Laaca, 16.01.2010, 20:27
                • problem with MSVCR80.DLL - Japheth, 19.01.2010, 09:57
          • Try harder !!! - rr, 17.01.2010, 18:57
            • Try harder !!! - Japheth, 19.01.2010, 09:58
  • OWB in DOS - Japheth, 22.01.2010, 09:22
    • OWB in DOS - DOS386, 24.01.2010, 11:08
    • OWB in DOS - Japheth, 26.01.2010, 07:27
      • OWB in DOS - DOS386, 27.01.2010, 12:22
      • OWB in DOS - DOS386, 29.01.2010, 11:22
        • OWB in DOS - Japheth, 29.01.2010, 13:31
          • OWB in DOS | Formula1 - DOS386, 06.02.2010, 09:33