Why does my laptop answer DCHP requests?

[TheExcession]

Laptop running XP Home edition.

When I plug it into my network, its starts acting as a DHCP server???? And for some bizzarre reason answers requests faster than the true DHCP server that is 8 wireless links away!

WTF is that about?

I tried looking under the 'services' section of manage my computer and only a DHCP Client service seems to be running.

Anyone?

cheers
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[Don]

Have you got anything for connecting your phone/pda/similar to your machine? Often the transport for these things is TCPIP and they shove a DHCP server into that to make them fly...

...maybe?

[Plotloss]

Is Internet Connection Sharing enabled?

That has a background DHCP server process...

[TheExcession]

A Couple of good ideas there, thanks lads, I'll post back with more info.

Problem is that this is a ballache problem to replicate.