Not receiving broadcast packets. Friday, August 29, 2008 at 9:42 am Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by appleoddity (2369 messages posted) I've got this stupid Windows 98 machine with a really difficult problem. It will not receive an IP address via DHCP. I have narrowed it down with network sniffers to the fact that it will not "see" the DHCP reply which is sent via a broadcast. It sends the request and can not see the reply. If I turn on promiscuous mode on the network adapter with tcpdump, then suddenly it is able to see the broadcast, and will receive the IP address immediately. I've completey reformatted and reinstalled Win98, and I have replaced the network adapter. This doesn't make any sense to me. Its a tough one, but I was hoping someone might know what it is about. Responses to this message: re: Not receiving broadcast packets. (bob wells: Friday, August 29, 2008 at 9:58 am) All messages in this thread [show all] Not receiving broadcast packets. (appleoddity: Fri, Aug 29, 2008, 9:42 am) re: Not receiving broadcast packets. (bob wells: Fri, Aug 29, 2008, 9:58 am) re: Not receiving broadcast packets. (appleoddity: Fri, Aug 29, 2008, 10:18 am) re: Not receiving broadcast packets. (bob wells: Fri, Aug 29, 2008, 12:07 pm) re: Not receiving broadcast packets. (appleoddity: Fri, Aug 29, 2008, 12:53 pm) Reply or follow-up to this message Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows 98 Discussion Forum