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> I compiled and installed the software. Running "dhclient eth2"
> produces
>
> Listening on Socket/eth2
> Sending on Socket/eth2
I wish you hadn't chopped the version number off the top of the
message. In the future, when reporting bugs, please include the
complete transcript rather than paraphrasing.
> Then I get a whole pile of ,
>
> "DHCPACK in wrong transaction."
>
> messages and eventually,
>
> "DHCPOFFER in wrong transaction."
> "NO OFFERS received."
This means you're being ignored by the DHCP server.
> One other question, in the sample dhclient.conf file, the line send
> dhcp-client-identifier appears to be the hardware address of the card
> but it has an extra byte. Why?
That's the address type (in the case of ethernet, it's 1).
> I know the card works. The ISP is commercial as opposed to
> experimental so I doubt the problem is at their end. I have not found
> the documentation extremely helpful.
Suggestions are solicited. Your presumption that the ISP is not
broken is very generous, but not necessarily well-founded (could be
true, but might not be). Asking them to tell you what, if anything,
their server is seeing/doing wouldn't be a bad idea.
_MelloN_
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