The DHCP Server sent a DHCPNACK message

azeu

I am running Windows 10 and in the systems log I note the following: system event id 1002.

The IP address lease 198.18.7.214 for the Network Card with network address 0x00FF5DE4D195 has been denied by the DHCP server 198.18.7.213 (The DHCP Server sent a DHCPNACK message).

 

Running ipconfig/all, I note:

 

Ethernet adapter FreedomeVPNConnection:

 

   Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :

   Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Freedome TAP driver

   Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-FF-5D-E4-D1-95

   DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes

   Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

   IPv6 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : fc00:fed0:0:1001::10f4(Preferred)

   Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::4da4:ef45:d341:bf0a%7(Preferred)

   IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 198.18.7.214(Preferred)

   Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.252

   Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : 20 May 2017 07:34:20

   Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : 20 May 2018 07:34:19

   Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :

   DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 198.18.7.213

   DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 553713501

   DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-20-87-E7-4D-18-DB-F2-46-E9-BE

   DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 198.18.7.213

   NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

 

Why am I receiving this error?

azeu

I forgot to add that I did review the message :https://community.f-secure.com/t5/F-Secure/DHCP-NACK/td-p/85926

The posting stated that Freedome does not use a DHCP server but this is inconistent

with the analysis I presented.

 

[Deleted User]

Hi azeu,

 

Indeed, Freedome does not have a DHCP server and this most likely seems to be just normal Windows behaviour. Please check this article which explains this message: https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_xp-networking/getting-dhcpnack-for-ip-on-other-router/e69a508a-8f3c-4d80-93aa-c6b6fee47ef0.

azeu

Thank you for the response. I had no end of problems with Freedome. I subsequently moved over

to PrivateTunnel which has a more stable OpenVpn implementation and I have had not a single issue.

The performance and stability of PrivateTunnel is way superior to Freedome.