Failure to acquire IP over DHCP

[Joe Zeff]

On 08/30/2012 11:27 AM, Mark Haney wrote:
> On 08/30/2012 01:54 PM, Joe Zeff wrote:
>> On 08/30/2012 10:39 AM, Mark Haney wrote:
>>> I may be a bit thick here, but I see no reference to the OP having any
>>> relation to CERN minus the public IP subnet the DHCP client is
>>> requesting an IP from.
>>
>> It's not obvious, but a little checking will show that CERN owns
>> 137.138.x.y.
>
> That much I got, but that may just be a config error on the laptop
> rather than an association with CERN.  I mean, they are public DHCP
> addresses.  So unless he works for them, or what have you, that won't work.
>
> I'm not flaming, I'm just trying to make a point that he may not be
> involved with CERN, so why should that matter?
>
>

Why should it matter?  Well, what's going to happen when he requests a 
web page?  Will it be routed to him?  Not very likely, when he's using 
an IP address assigned to CERN, is it?