Windows XP DHCP Client Incorrectly Sends Unicast Discover Message

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Roger Mackenzie

I Have Run All The XP Windows Critical And XP Updates,
But Still The Problem Exists..
Per Below, SP1a Was Supposed to Fix This Problem

Windows XP DHCP Client Incorrectly Sends Unicast Discover
Message
(320229) - When you are connected to a wireless network,
your Windows XP DHCP client may incorrectly send a Unicast-
Discover packet to a DHCP server. When this occur, the
client uses one of the following IP addresses:
 
You've installed SP1(a) then?
How are you determining that this is your problem? What
exactly are you seeing?
 
I'vw Run All The Updates, I'm Getting An IP of
169.254.107.145 When Connected Via Wireless
Per Microsoft # (320229) Thats Exactly What The Problem
Is, Update Did Not Resolve..
Thanks For Any Help..
 
Can you describe your network a bit more?

The 169.x.y.z address simply indicates that your machine got no response
from a DHCP server, and thus used APIPA instead to configure an IP address.

What device on your network is providing DHCP server service? Are other
wireless clients able to get configured properly via this same server?
 
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