DHCP and NetBIOS Scopes

[John Terpstra]

Chris,

I will take this on board. We will do it then.
Thanks to Geoff for bringing this to our attention.

Cheers,
John T.

On Mon, 14 May 2001, Christopher R. Hertel wrote:

> > Chris,
> >
> > Thanks. A little perl strikes again. We know of a lot of these little
> > glitches don't we! ;)
> >
> > So now then, should we set a null NetBIOS Scope ID in our sample DHCP
> > configuration? Your views?
>
> With lots of comments in the config file, yes.
>
> In a carefully written, tested, working, and reviewed OS this would not be
> an issue...but we are dealing with Windows.
>
> The default Scope ID is the empty string--which is both valid and
> workable.  By putting the empty-string Scope ID into the DHCP
> configuration we are being explicit rather than implicit (don't tell your
> spouse).  Unfortunately, if the Scope ID can be or has been changed to
> something other than the empty string, this may be necessary.
>
> Chris -)-----
>
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> crh at nts.umn.edu              Networking and Telecommunications Services
>
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