Re: Can't acquire dchp lease while Windows can

2010-08-31 Thread Alain Baeckeroot
Le 31/08/2010 à 06:48, T o n g a écrit : Hi, What might be the problem that my laptop can't acquire dchp lease from Linux while Windows can? Same spot, same line. Tried two different distros that had no problem acquiring dchp lease at my home, neither works. Wired network, not

Re: Can't acquire dchp lease while Windows can

2010-08-31 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Ma, 31 aug 10, 04:48:36, T o n g wrote: Hi, What might be the problem that my laptop can't acquire dchp lease from Linux while Windows can? Same spot, same line. Tried two different distros that had no problem acquiring dchp lease at my home, neither works. Wired network, not

Re: Can't acquire dchp lease while Windows can

2010-08-31 Thread Alain Baeckeroot
Le 31/08/2010 à 10:58, Andrei Popescu a écrit : On Ma, 31 aug 10, 04:48:36, T o n g wrote: Hi, What might be the problem that my laptop can't acquire dchp lease from Linux while Windows can? Same spot, same line. Tried two different distros that had no problem acquiring dchp

Re: Can't acquire dchp lease while Windows can

2010-08-31 Thread Juha Tuuna
On 31.8.2010 7:48, T o n g wrote: Hi, What might be the problem that my laptop can't acquire dchp lease from Linux while Windows can? ... You can use Wireshark (among others) to record the conversations between your Windows/Linux box and the DHCP server and then compare the results. It

Re: Can't acquire dchp lease while Windows can

2010-08-31 Thread T o n g
On Tue, 31 Aug 2010 12:10:19 +0200, Alain Baeckeroot wrote: First of all, If it is at work, it is very likely that your are NOT allowed to do what you want . . . No, this is school environment. Open dchp to all. As I said, wired network not work, but wireless network works. Same machine,

Re: Can't acquire dchp lease while Windows can

2010-08-31 Thread Bob Proulx
T o n g wrote: Yes, this a dual-boot machine. So same machine, same MACs, same spot, same line. Then your dhcp server is probably requiring that hostnames be sent. By default the dhcp3 client doesn't send hostnames unless it is configured to do so. I would start there.