Sound like you have a problem with Spanning tree turned on your switch. Switch to portfast mode. Otherwise you will wait 30-60 secs after the machine boots to access the network. Joe -----Original Message----- From: Aaron Dokey [mailto:adokey@xxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Friday, September 20, 2002 5:12 AM To: 'windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx' Subject: [windows2000] Re: Re. DHCP problems with Win98 Clients No, I'm running SP2 on my DHCP server. Thanks for this, I'm going to try it. It sounds like it may help the situation... -Aaron ----------------------- Aaron Dokey - MIS Reid Tool Supply 2265 Black Creek Rd. Muskegon, MI 49444 (231) 777-3951 (231) 767-3772 (Direct) ----------------------- -----Original Message----- From: FBohnsack@xxxxxxx [mailto:FBohnsack@xxxxxxx] Sent: Friday, September 20, 2002 5:18 AM To: windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [windows2000] Re. DHCP problems with Win98 Clients Hi, try out this article on MS KB. Do you have SP3 installed? http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q284145 Cheers Frank ================================== To Unsubscribe, set digest or vacation mode or view archives use the below link. http://thethin.net/win2000list.cfm ================================== To Unsubscribe, set digest or vacation mode or view archives use the below link. http://thethin.net/win2000list.cfm ================================== To Unsubscribe, set digest or vacation mode or view archives use the below link. http://thethin.net/win2000list.cfm