Re: [cobalt-users] Macintosh, AppleShare IP Users

[flash22@xxxxxxx]

On Thu, 5 Apr 2001, Dave Shugarts wrote:

> Thanks for the comeback, Aaron.
> 
> They are an assortment from OS 8.1 through OS 9.0.4.
> 
> I get the impression that the Macs fail to receive, or lose, their DHCP
> leases, then I think they self-assign themselves an "Apple" IP in order to
> be able to share folders that they are set up to share.

The other possability is one of the macs thinks it's supposed to be
serving dhcp...and the default IP's are all it has to give out...

It might be worth running tcpdump on the qube for  while and see whose
asking and who's answering....

Or just give up on dchp and make all the ip's static ;)

gsh