Re: [WinMac] NT Server, Macs and DHCP

Leonard Rosenthol(leonardr[at]lazerware.com)
Mon, 15 Nov 1999 14:53:52 -0500

At 12:15 PM -0500 11/15/99, David DeGuzman wrote:
>My NT Server is using Proxy server 2.0 and Exchange 5.5, and I've got the
>latest version of Outlook for the Mac running on a Wallstreet 300 running
>8.5.1. I cannot get the Mac to see the Exchange Server.

        Have you tried some more basic things like simply pinging the machine?

>I've tried BootP,
>reserving an address on the Proxy Server and giving the Mac a client
>address, a fixed IP, etc., and the Mac still comes up with the
>169.xxx.xxx.xxx IP, which I understand is a temporary IP assigned by the
>Mac itself and not the DHCP server.

        The Mac and MS Proxy Server don't get along well...Get a REAL
DHCP/NAT/etc server for your network.

LDR

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