Windows Vista not accepting IP address from a Linux dhcpd :: Brave Cobra's Hideout :: If Linux doesn't have the solution, you have the wrong problem.

I had a problem with Windows Vista not accepting an IP address, being offered from a Linux DHCP server. Apart from changing the already known registry entry (DhcpConnEnableBcastFlagToggle), I had to add the following line to my dhcpd.conf

Codeserver-identifier 192.168.0.3;

Now my config looks like this:

Code

subnet 192.168.0.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 {
allow unknown-clients;
ddns-updates on;
ddns-domainname &quot;olympus.home&quot;;
option domain-name-servers 192.168.0.3;
option broadcast-address 192.168.0.255;
option subnet-mask 255.255.255.0;
option routers 192.168.0.1;
range 192.168.0.100 192.168.0.200;
server-identifier 192.168.0.3;
}

Restarting the dhcpd server, solved my problem. I found the solution at http://www.fedoraforum.org/forum/archive/index.php/t-157188.html