Is there a way to force the DHCP clients to renew their IP address

[bkonner]

Howdy,

I am finishing up building my (Linux) VPN(s). I am connecting five locations together. I need to change my internal address scheme (which uses NAT on my Unix side of the network) from 10.100.0.0 with a mask of 255.0.0.0 to 10.100.0.0 with a mask of 255.255.0.0 (this is just for one location; all locations will have different 10.10.10.10 ip schemes). This is necessary for proper routing between my five locations. Can I force the W2K DHCP servers (I have ten of them, or the clients--which are mostly Windows 98SE and W2K professional ans a few Windows XP terminals) to obtain new leases; or is the only thing I can do is change the lease period?

Thanks,

 

[GlenJohnson]

If your running active directory, try this. Write a little batch file.............
Ipconfig /release
Ipconfig /renew

Save it as whatever.bat and put it in the users profiles so it runs when they start up. Good luck. Glen A. Johnson
Microsoft Certified Professional
glen@nellsgiftbox.com


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