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DHCP Client Configuration

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Applies To: Windows Server 2008

Each time a DHCP client starts, it requests IP configuration information from a DHCP server including:

  • IP address
  • Subnet mask
  • Additional configuration parameters, such as a default gateway address, Domain Name System (DNS) server addresses, a DNS domain name, and Windows Internet Name Service (WINS) server addresses

Events

Event ID Source Message

1006

Microsoft-Windows-DHCP-Client

 Your computer was unable to automatically configure the IP parameters for the network adapter with the MAC address %1. The following error occurred during configuration: %2.

1007

Microsoft-Windows-DHCP-Client

 Your computer has automatically configured the IP address for the network adapter with MAC address %1. The IP address being used is %2.

1008

Microsoft-Windows-DHCP-Client

 Your computer was unable to initialize a Network Interface attached to the system. The error code is: %1.

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