On Monday 04 August 2008 22:25, Antonio Diaz wrote: > Ok, I should have written a bit more. Maybe these points are helpful: > > * I've also installed Windows XP on my laptop and it works fine so I'm > sure that the problem has to do with my linux configuration. > > * I've tested different kernel versions (three of them). > > * "dmesg" seems to say that the interface eth0 is fine. The module that > the network card needs to work is being loaded successfully (sky2) > > * However, the wireless interface (wlan0) works fine. It gets an IP > from the same DHCP server without any problem. > > * The "messages" file writes the following message whenever I attempt > to get an IP: "no IPv6 routers present". I've been reading about it but > people are not agree with this point. Some of them think that it is not > important at all and others think that it's necessary to disable IPv6. > For example: > > http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-222010.html
There shouldn't be a problem with the absence of ipv6 routers. > > The most strange point is that sometimes the network card gets an IP > without problem... but very few times. I'd say there's a problem with the driver. That sky2 module may have a bug. Can you replace this NIC with a different one or plug an additional one in to work around this? > > Thank you for your reply. I'd appreciate any help. > > Regards, > > Shachar Or escribió: > > On Monday 04 August 2008 00:56, Antonio Diaz wrote: > >> Hi > >> > >> I'm using Debian Sid (kernel 2.6.26). I need to configure the eth0 so > >> it uses the dhcp. In my case the "dhclient" never gets response at boot > >> time. Later, I have to restart the service "/etc/init.d/networking" to > >> get a IP. Sometimes I've also problems at this point. I don't not why > >> but sometimes I've to restart this service several times in order to get > >> a IP. May be it's because of the network module but it's also true that > >> it works fine whenever I configure it to use static ip address. > > > > Could be a problem with the dchp server. Have you tested the dhcp server > > with a different client; a different machine? > > > > Could be a problem with the network adapter or the module. Try a > > different adapter in the box? > > > > Try a different kernel? > > > > Try a different dhcp client? > > > > Have you any iptables rules set that could interfere? > > > > Did you check dmesg? > > > > Perhaps try to change the interface's mac address? > > > >> To configure the "eth0" interface I write the following lines in the > >> "interfaces" file: > >> > >> auto eth0 > >> iface eth0 inet dhcp > > > > This seems fine. Is there anything else in the file that could interfere? > > > >> I'd appreciate any help. Thanks in advance. > >> > >> Regards, > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> ______________________________________________ > >> LLama Gratis a cualquier PC del Mundo. > >> Llamadas a fijos y móviles desde 1 céntimo por minuto. > >> http://es.voice.yahoo.com > > ______________________________________________ > LLama Gratis a cualquier PC del Mundo. > Llamadas a fijos y m�viles desde 1 c�ntimo por minuto. > http://es.voice.yahoo.com -- Shachar Or | שחר אור http://ox.freeallweb.org/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]