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posted by georgpotthast Homepage, Germany, 02.09.2013, 20:23

> > I see that it stops trying to get an IP address via DHCP. I only
> observed
> > this in a Windows XP DOS box. You have to use a fixed IP address there,
> > maybe the same as Windows XP (ipconfig). I am connected through a router
> > which accepts just about any fixed address. If you cannot get an TCP/IP
> > connection to the email server it does not make any difference what you
> set
> > in the settings window. Sorry that I did not see that before.:-(
>
> Hm but why it has DHCP problem only with seznam smtp and not with gmail
> smtp?
I tested it again and on my Windows XP PC it never works if DHCP is selected.

If Windows has used DHCP to get an IP address and constantly generates IP traffic (in my case due to drives mapped to a server) my router does not respond to a new DHCP request issued by a program in a DOS box - which would stop Windows working if a different IP address is returned by the router.

I read the IP address used by Windows by using ipconfig in the DOS box and set this as a fixed IP address in WATTCP.CFG. This did work for me.

Georg

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