-- Le (On) 2010-02-11 +0000 à (at) 08:18:27 Dr Andrew C Aitchison écrivit (wrote): --

> On Wed, 10 Feb 2010, FRANCHISSEUR Robert wrote:
> 
> >Hello,
> >
> >After  installing  9  new desktops with DHCP I  changed  the  network
> >config  to  static  IP and restart the network.  But they  are  still
> >requesting DHCP adresse.  The dhcp server gives them a dynamic IP and
> >then  there  are  no  free  lease  (we   have  only  5  for  guests).
> 
> You don't have the 2 "different" machines in your dhcpd.conf do you ?
> I have my dhcp server reply for my static addresses as well as for guests
> (very similar to a BOOTP request really - I nearly asked if the requests
> were bootp since dhcpd can reply to those too).
> 
> Some of our recent windows machines seem to insist on making dhcp requests
> even after I've reconfigured them to know their own address :=(
> 
> Can you confirm that the problem relates to 5.4 and not to the Dell 760s ?
> Ie do the earlier machines upgraded to 5.4 also show the problem ?
> 
> If it is just the 760s I'd be looking at the serial-over-LAN
> console features of AMT.
> 

       In  fact it was in the 760s as in the boot menu there is a new
       option :

       Intel® Management Engine BIOS Extension (MEBx)

       which  allow  to  configure AMT (I knew  nothing  about  that)

       So  I  disabled  the  "ME state control"  and  those  machines
       stopped  to  ask   our   dhcpd  server   for   a  dynamic  IP.

       Thanks for your help.

-- 
                 Best regards,
                               Robert FRANCHISSEUR

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