No IP???

[tony]

Have just installed new dnsdhcp console and am trying to get DHCP up and
running for the first time. Things *seem* to go ok with setting up the
subnet, range, etc., create server, load dhcpsrvr at server console,
yada yada...

However, server icon at the bottom of the dnsdhcp console has a red x
through it. When I load nlm at console, I get "No LAN based IP address
assignment is possible." msg. If I'm in dnsdhcp management console and
try to hit "View events/alerts" (because I'm trying to see if *anything*
can be configured after the fact), I get an error pop-up:

"Cannot communicate with the target server, because the IP address of
the target server has not been configured."

Leaving aside the degree to which I hate Novell's java consoles in
general, the lack of any troubleshooting tool here is just appalling.
The server in fact has a static IP assigned, nwadmin32 shows that IP
address, I can ping that IP successfully, and if there were no IP
assigned to that server, why allow me to specify it as the DHCP server
object?

I'm really mystified, here. All help for E0010 just says "specify an IP
address for that server." Well, if that's done, and there are no
connectivity issues, where do I go from here? I've tried every server I
have, and each one gets a red X and the same error when I try to view
events/alerts. Since I can't get any troubleshooting information at all
about why the server isn't active and available to assign IP's, I'm
assuming that it's all the same problem, but I don't know what that
problem is or how to get information on it...

Anyone been down this road before, maybe have some assistance to offer?

Thanks,
tony

[Joerg Schiffer]

tony <n...@myrealaddress.com> schrieb:

>Have just installed new dnsdhcp console and am trying to get DHCP up and
>running for the first time. Things *seem* to go ok with setting up the
>subnet, range, etc., create server, load dhcpsrvr at server console,
>yada yada...
>
>However, server icon at the bottom of the dnsdhcp console has a red x
>through it. When I load nlm at console, I get "No LAN based IP address
>assignment is possible." msg. If I'm in dnsdhcp management console and
>try to hit "View events/alerts" (because I'm trying to see if *anything*
>can be configured after the fact), I get an error pop-up:

The red cross mostly is an cosmetic error and not cogent a hint for a
problem.
Please load dhcpsrvr.nlm -d3 and paste the log file (sys:\etc\dhcp)
here to see what is really happening.
Did you configure the same subnet mask on the server and in the
subnet-objects?
Does the server hand out addresses for the subnet, where the server
itself is connected?
Some other ideas are in this TID:
http://support.novell.com/cgi-bin/search/searchtid.cgi?/10060433.htm

Joerg

[Brad Doster]

In article <40151E00...@myrealaddress.com>, Tony wrote:
> When I load nlm at console, I get "No LAN based IP address
> assignment is possible." msg.
>

What are the server's IP address and subnet mask?

What are the address and subnet mask of the Subnet(s) you've
configured? What Subnet Range(s) have you configured?

bd
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