Some people have been having trouble making NT5 pick up an IP address from non NT DHCP servers.
The solution appears to be turn APIPA off, here is how to turn off the APIPA
IP autoconfiguration at the Win2000 DHCP clients.
(p.s. this is straight out of the online W2K help - go Start Run and type in the
following:
"hh tcpip.chm::/sag_TCPIP_pro_DisableAutoconfiguration.htm"
in case you ever have to refer to it again)
To disable automatic address configuration
1. Open Registry Editor.
To open Registry Editor, click Start, click Run, type regedt32, and then click
OK.
Caution
Incorrectly editing the registry may severely damage your system. Before making
changes to the registry, you should back up any valued data on the computer. You
can also use the Last Known Good Configuration startup option if problems are
encountered after manual changes have been applied.
2. In Registry Editor, navigate to the following registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters\Interfaces\adapter_name
3. Create the following entry: IPAutoconfigurationEnable: REG_DWORD (note in the
help file it's listed incorrectly as IPAutoconfigurationEnabled)
4. Assign a value of 0 to disable Automatic Private IP Addressing (APIPA)
support for the selected network adapter.
5. Close Registry Editor.
Notes
If the IPAutoconfigurationEnabled entry is not present, a default value of 1
is assumed, which indicates that APIPA is used.
If multiple adapters are installed, you can disable APIPA for all installed
adapters by setting the IPAutoconfigurationEnabled entry to 0 at the following
registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters
Hope this helps.
Brad Mahugh, MCP in MS-TCP/IP