[plug] Samba query

[Leon Brooks]

"de Vries, Arie" wrote:
> Kevin,

> If the DHCP server is not handing out IP addresses.
> WINxx will auto configure into a reserved M$ range of 169.254.0.0

Uh, do you happen to know anywhere that this is actually used?

> Check the IP address of the WINxx machines.

Kevin, you might also try putting up a DHCP server, preferably on a Linux box.
Many odd things like an Office97 install (<sarcasm weight=crushing>now why
didn't _I_ think of that? of course! that's _exactly_ what you'd expect an
office suit to do!</sarcasm>) will silently switch DHCP back on again.

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