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Re: Providing DHCP for Window 3.11a TCP/IP.

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Matt White)
Fri May 5 13:45:12 1995

Date: Fri, 5 May 1995 10:30:25 -0600 (CST)
From: Matt White <whitem@arts.usask.ca>
To: Nick Holloway <Nick.Holloway@alfie.demon.co.uk>
cc: linux-net@vger.rutgers.edu
In-Reply-To: <3obi7f$q0g@alfie.demon.co.uk>

On 4 May 1995, Nick Holloway wrote:

> I have compiled bootp 2.4.3 with the patch for DHCP, and I'm running the
> server on a Linux machine running 1.2.4.
> 
> This is able to provide IP addresses, and DNS information for machines
> running Windows '95, but it doesn't work with the add on TCP/IP stack
> for Windows for Workgroups (3.11).

I have this installed also, and it's working fine.  The only thing is, 
you have to be running MS TCP/IP-32 3.11b Beta, which is on 
ftp.microsoft.com (I think it's in bussys/clients/wfw ....) called 
WOLVBETA.EXE.  It seems very stable, and the DHCP stuff works great.

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