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[inahandbasket]

Does anyone know if there's a way to remotely cause another winxp box to do a DHCP release/renew without logging into it?

We use 'net send' to annoy eachother around the office, I wanted to take it to a whole new level. we have an app that crashes when you release and renew your address.

any thoughts?

(sorry for any x-posting)

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[starblazr.livejournal.com]

Randomly? I dont know. but i'd check the lease time and then go from there.

batch file?

[belovedcrown.livejournal.com]

just need to login once to place a batch file that will do the trick, and put it as a scheduled task. heheh

Re: batch file?

[inahandbasket]

that's the thing, I don't want it to be scheduled, I want to be able to do it at will.

Re: batch file?

[alacrity.livejournal.com]

Enable Telnet on the machine?

[oddball42.livejournal.com]

if you had rights on the DHCP server you can forse a renew on the server for a specifc IP... however from the client side you need to be able to log in, then have rights on said login. the only other thing i can think of is get an app in there that you can activate remotely to renew the IP.