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[ILUG] DHCP Server problem - wrong DNS information

[ILUG] DHCP Server problem - wrong DNS information

Ronan Mullally ronan at iol.ie
Fri Jan 23 11:23:10 GMT 2009


> Yes -- it sounds like you want to find and disable the other dhcp server.
>
> On something linuxy, try files in /var/lib/dhclient to find the dhcp
> server that this client used; on something windowsy "ipconfig /all"
> will usually list the dhcp server.
>
> If it isn't the machine you expect it to be, then you know where to
> start hunting.

On the machine(s) with the bogus DNS server, look in the arp table for the
MAC address of 192.168.1.1.  Take this to your switch and (if you're using
a managed switch) it should be able to tell you what port that MAC is
visible on.  Follow the cable from there...


-Ronan



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