dhcp problems with vista update?

RouterOS General
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Hi, Im starting to get reports of DHCP not responding to Vista machines that have a new update, anyone else? They are on a hotspot and where they worked fine before, they now get 169 addresses.

Jon

2

Try setting the always reply as broadcast flag to yes on the RouterOS DHCP server.

See http://support.microsoft.com/kb/928233

3

Thanks for the tip, unfortunately it doesnt appear to solve the issue. The workaround for now seems to be putting a random static IP on these vista machines, which restores connectivity through the hotspot. Narrows it down to broken dhcp client only on vista after recent windows update.