WinPE 2.0 Network error

[dkreifus]

I had a perfect working Vista PE boot CD that seemed to get an IP when any computer booted from it.

I got a new HP DC5800 that I am testing on, and recieve the following error message:

An error occurred while renewing interface Local Area Network Connection: unable to contact your DHCP server. Request has timed out.

An error occured while releasing inferface Loopback Pseudo-Interface 1: the system cannot find the file specified.

My Startnet.cmd begins with:

@echo off
TITLE Boot CD v 3.1
wpeinit

:Menu
CLS
REM Makes sure that an IP has been obtained
ipconfig /renew

I checked with our network guy, and this computer doesn't even show up on the network...

Any ideas?

[lucas*z]

i think u need add HP DC5800 network adapter driver to PE.

it will be automatic obtain a IP address form DHCP server after PE startup, so u don't need use "ipconfig /renew" command.

[dkreifus]

I have it in there. And actually, after a few minutes, it seems to find the IP. It just needs to wait, and I don't know how to stall my script for that.

[IcemanND]

if you run just ipconfig does it list any adapters? If not installed the appropriate drivers, if it does verify that you have a good network connection from a full windwos OS.

[dkreifus]

It does find an IP, but not right away. I get a 169.* IP, and then I get the DHCP error

[dkreifus]

It appears after I wait a few minutes, it then gets an IP address. I started my startnet.cmd with a ipconfig /release *LOCAL* and /renew *local*, with no avail. It told me: An address has not yet been associated with the network endpoint.

So it seems the network adapter needs to "initialize" or something

Edited December 3, 2007 by dkreifus

[IcemanND]

It seems to me that is what wpeinit was supposed to do.. try adding a "start /wait" in front of it and see what happens.

[bj-kaiser]

looks like you got a ZeroConf/APIPA address

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/APIPA#Choosing_addresses

I'd guess either your DHCP server isnt running or it is configured not to give out adresses to your PE. Maybe it uses client-ids , class-ids or something else.

Did you try to boot your PE on other hardware?

oh and another idea:

get some cheap hub, another PC/Laptop with WireShark and hook that up so you can sniff the traffic. Maybe you can find the real problem easier if you can see what happens on the line.

--

http://www.wireshark.org/

Edited December 3, 2007 by bj-kaiser

[dkreifus]

It seems to me that is what wpeinit was supposed to do.. try adding a "start /wait" in front of it and see what happens.

looks like you got a ZeroConf/APIPA address

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/APIPA#Choosing_addresses

I'd guess either your DHCP server isnt running or it is configured not to give out adresses to your PE. Maybe it uses client-ids , class-ids or something else.

Did you try to boot your PE on other hardware?

oh and another idea:

get some cheap hub, another PC/Laptop with WireShark and hook that up so you can sniff the traffic. Maybe you can find the real problem easier if you can see what happens on the line.

--

http://www.wireshark.org/

I have successfly got it working on all my other machines. This is a brand new, obviously, its a beta. I got this error before, but i added the ipconfig /renew and it seemed to work. I'll start the star /wait....

Also, I'm using the Vista drivers...as I believe I should be

Edited December 3, 2007 by dkreifus

[dkreifus]

I used:

start /wait wpeinit
ipconfig /renew *Local*

Then I got:

An error occurred while renewing interface Local Area Network Connection: unable to contact your DHCP server. Request has timed out.

As soon as I ran IPCONFIG /RENEW manually again, it took an IP address...