DHCP Client

Question

I am attempting to add DSL to my Deminsion 4400; however, in the final stages, I am getting the following error:   Could not start the DHCP Client service on local computer. Error 1068:  The dependency service of group failed to start.   I chose the Start button, and the error pops up again.  I can see the Resume button, but it is grayed out.  Does anyone know how to start DHCP Client on  Demension 4400 desktop?

BBraxton · Answer

The DHCP service (I believe) is going to be either at the device (router/switch/etc.) or at the ISP. Yes, the Dimension wants DHCP to handle the address assignments but somewhere up the line. The only reason that I could see having the DSL DHCP be hosted on the Dimension would be if, somehow, it were responsible for handing out the addresses to some entities further down the line, whatever those might be.

I would think all you want to do is to say DHCP is the source of my address assignment. The actual DHCP process would honor that and would function somewhere else, not at your PC.

volcano11 · Answer

The DHCP client service is, in fact, a service that runs on the local computer, not 'up the line'.  The error is because one of the services that the dchp client service depends on, has not started, thus the client service cannot start.  If the dchp client service cannot start, then the computer cannot get an IP address from the dhcp server (modem or router).  To find out which service is not starting, go to Start > Run and type services.msc then hit the Enter key.  Find the dhcp client service in the list and double click it.  Make sure it is set to start automatically, then click on the Dependencies tab.  Expand the list of depend services and then for each service, go back to the services list and make sure each of those services is set to start automatically and is started.  Which of these services is not starting?  With that information we can perhaps figure out why it is not starting and thus solve the problem.   Steve

sbinh · Answer

@stives555 wrote:

I am attempting to add DSL to my Deminsion 4400; however, in the final stages, I am getting the following error:

Could not start the DHCP Client service on local computer.

Error 1068: The dependency service of group failed to start.

I chose the Start button, and the error pops up again. I can see the Resume button, but it is grayed out. Does anyone know how to start DHCP Client on Demension 4400 desktop?

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http://forums.us.dell.com/supportforums/board/message?board.id=netwkint&message.id=1171

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