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Is that the exact error message?
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Is the remote PC on the same subnet as the main office? &nbsp;If it goes thru a router you'll have to make sure you enable a relay agent to pass the DHCP request across the router. &nbsp;Also make sure there are enough IP addresses in the scope to lease out to all your PCs. &nbsp;If you run out of IPs, the DHCP server won't have any left to assign.
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Is the remote PC on the same subnet as the main office?  If it goes thru a router you'll have to make sure you enable a relay agent to pass the DHCP request across the router.  Also make sure there are enough IP addresses in the scope to lease out to all your PCs.  If you run out of IPs, the DHCP server won't have any left to assign.

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Hi,<br />
I have a remote location setup with a fibre connection to my main office. &nbsp;All the workstations are set to use DHCP to obtain IP addresses. &nbsp;Suddenly the remote workstations could lost connectivity to the main office. &nbsp;When I checked, the link is ok on both sides. &nbsp;But the remote workstation says &quot;&nbsp;Can not acquire an IP address from the DHCP Server&quot; &nbsp;The workstations are running on Windows XP SP2. <br />
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Please I need solution as quickly as possible.
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Hi,
I have a remote location setup with a fibre connection to my main office.  All the workstations are set to use DHCP to obtain IP addresses.  Suddenly the remote workstations could lost connectivity to the main office.  When I checked, the link is ok on both sides.  But the remote workstation says " Can not acquire an IP address from the DHCP Server"  The workstations are running on Windows XP SP2. 

Please I need solution as quickly as possible.

Windows XP cannot acquire IP address from the DHCP server

Networking hardware includes the physical devices facilitating the use of a computer network. Typically, networking hardware includes gateways, routers, network bridges, modems, wireless access points, networking cables, line drivers, switches, hubs, and repeaters. But it also includes hybrid network devices such as multilayer switches, protocol converters, bridge routers, proxy servers, firewalls, network address translators, multiplexers, network interface controllers, wireless network interface controllers, ISDN terminal adapters and other related hardware.

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The Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) is an auto configuration protocol used on IP networks and an extension of the Bootstrap Protocol. DHCP allows for computers to be configured automatically to communicate with each other over an IP network without the need for manual setup by a network administrator. The implementation of DHCP relies on a DHCP server to hand out network configuration information to DHCP-capable clients that request an IP address (and other information required or useful in communicating with other devices on an IP network). In addition to an IP address, common configuration information served over DHCP includes a default gateway, subnet mask and DNS sever(s).

DHCP

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