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Err Msg: The DHCP Client Was Unable to Obtain an IP Network...

Article ID: 157139

Article Last Modified on 11/15/2006

Microsoft Windows 95
Microsoft Windows 95

This article was previously published under Q157139

SYMPTOMS

When you attempt to pass IP broadcasts, such as DHCP, over a Token Ring transparent bridge, you may receive the following error message:

The DHCP client was unable to obtain an IP network address from a DHCP server.

Or, you may be unable to resolve names of computers on the other side of the bridge.

CAUSE

Windows 95-based computers set the Source Routing (SR) bit in all IP broadcast traffic by default. Transparent bridges may discard frames with Source Routing information when passing them to different media types (such as Ethernet).

RESOLUTION

STATUS

This problem no longer occurs in Windows 98. To resolve this problem, install the current version of Windows. For information about the current version of Windows, visit http://www.microsoft.com/windows.

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