Cannot get IP address

[topher83]

Hi Y'all

I have two clients installed
Windows Server 2003 - DC with DHCP configured and IP address of 192.168.1.1 (Name server01)
Windows XP

Both clients have the network set to an internal network called inet

The DHCP has a scope of 192.168.1.1 to 192.168.1.254 (Subnet 255.255.255.0) although I have tried a few various scopes

If I set the IP address of the client to 192.168.1.2 I can ping 192.168.1.1 or server01 and I get results indicating that the client can see the server and resolve the host name

However when I set the IP address of the client to automatic it wont get an IP and gets the following error -

"An error occurred while renewing interface Local Area Connection : unable to contact your DHCP server. Request has timed out."

Im assuming the virtual network of Vbox doesn't filter \ restrict DHCP requests, Any advise anyone

Thanks

[Sasquatch]

What is in the Server DHCP logs? Check your DHCP config, because something isn't working. And don't make your scope the entire range, your server needs an address too, so let it start at .2 at the very least .

[topher83]

Set an exception of 192.168.1.1 in the DHCP
Also just checked the log and got the following
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Microsoft DHCP Service Activity Log


Event ID Meaning
00 The log was started.
01 The log was stopped.
02 The log was temporarily paused due to low disk space.
10 A new IP address was leased to a client.
11 A lease was renewed by a client.
12 A lease was released by a client.
13 An IP address was found to be in use on the network.
14 A lease request could not be satisfied because the scope's
address pool was exhausted.
15 A lease was denied.
16 A lease was deleted.
17 A lease was expired.
20 A BOOTP address was leased to a client.
21 A dynamic BOOTP address was leased to a client.
22 A BOOTP request could not be satisfied because the scope's
address pool for BOOTP was exhausted.
23 A BOOTP IP address was deleted after checking to see it was
not in use.
24 IP address cleanup operation has began.
25 IP address cleanup statistics.
30 DNS update request to the named DNS server
31 DNS update failed
32 DNS update successful
50+ Codes above 50 are used for Rogue Server Detection information.

ID,Date,Time,Description,IP Address,Host Name,MAC Address
00,05/07/11,14:27:48,Started,,,,
56,05/07/11,14:27:56,Authorization failure, stopped servicing,,contoso.com,,
01,05/07/11,14:49:47,Stopped,,,,
00,05/07/11,14:52:44,Started,,,,
56,05/07/11,14:52:52,Authorization failure, stopped servicing,,contoso.com,,
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Also got the following error in a system event
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Event Type: Error
Event Source: DhcpServer
Event Category: None
Event ID: 1046
Date: 06/05/2011
Time: 18:18:49
User: N/A
Computer: SERVER01
Description:
The DHCP/BINL service on the local machine, belonging to the Windows Administrative domain contoso.com, has determined that it is not authorized to start. It has stopped servicing clients. The following are some possible reasons for this:
This machine is part of a directory service enterprise and is not authorized in the same domain. (See help on the DHCP Service Management Tool for additional information).

This machine cannot reach its directory service enterprise and it has encountered another DHCP service on the network belonging to a directory service enterprise on which the local machine is not authorized.

Some unexpected network error occurred.

For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
Data:
0000: 00 00 00 00 ....
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Realising that this is more of a windows error\configuration than a vbox issue but any help is appreciated

Thanks

[topher83]

Dam

Just realised, Needed to authorise the DHCP

Now working

User Error

Thanks

[Sasquatch]

See, always check the logs before asking questions .