David Whitney wrote: > Hello, > > I've been seeking help (within LinuxQuestions.org) to resolve a > CLFS/BLFS system issue that is preventing me from acquiring a network > IP address using dhclient, however I have not received any helpful > advice. > > Can someone please advise me if I have perchance missed a critical > step in my system's configuration? The post I created within > LinuxQuestions.org can be viewed here: > http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-newbie-8/cannot-acquire-dhcp-ip-address-from-router-596148. > > To summarize the post, my network interface is detected, the > appropriate Linux kernel module is loaded, and I can configure the > interface manually using ifconfig, yet I am unable to ping any system > or even the router within my local network. > > If you have any suggestions as to where I should focus my efforts to > resolve this issue, please let me know. > > Thank you. > > Dave > > P.S. I have tried using a static-IP configuration as documented in > CLFS, however that does not function either. > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Clfs-support mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.cross-lfs.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/clfs-support > hm, at first: can you complain how do you configured staticly? normally, when you setup the network card statically, then should it be working. are you sure about the right address range, dns server and so on in your router network? can you ping the router over ip? to you have some strange iptables rules (check iptables -L)? and then, for dhcp ip address you need a dhcp-client program you can download it from: http://cblfs.cross-lfs.org/index.php/Dhcpcd <http://download.berlios.de/dhcpcd/dhcpcd-3.1.7.tar.bz2> more info about the installation is on: http://cblfs.cross-lfs.org/index.php/Dhcpcd
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