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"...the right to trial by jury, that palladium of civil liberty and only safe guarantee for the life, liberty and property of the citizen." Texas Declaration of Independence (March 2, 1836), repealed by Gov. Rick Perry, Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst and the HMO and insurance industry lobby (September 13, 2003). "When tyrants ask you to yield one jot of your liberty, and you consent thereto, it is the first link forged in the chain that will eventually hold you in bondage." (Sam Houston). -- ----- Original Message ----- From: "Wolfgang Bornath" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2003 4:53 PM Subject: Re: [expert] eth0 doesn't get IP through dhcp - Problem vanished > Bill Mullen schrieb am Thu, 18 Sep 2003 15:40:20 -0400 (EDT): > > > On Thu, 18 Sep 2003, Robert Thyberg wrote: > > > > > Have had exactly the same problem, which is why this is being sent > > > by Eudora!! Have 4-port router into a Cable modem. 2 Linux (9.2 rc2 > > > and SuSE) and two Wins (2000 and XP). However mine has not > > > accidently started working again altho I've tried all sorts of > > > things. Reinstall seems to be the only thing to make it work for a > > > while! Ideas?? > > > > Since you're using a router and trying to get an IP address from it > > (as opposed to a direct connection to the modem, where the address > > would come instead from your ISP), the simplest solution is to not use > > DHCP at all, and configure yourself a static address. Doesn't answer > > the "why", but fixes the "what" once and for all ... :) > > Hmm, sounds reasonable and I used to work with static IPs until I bought > this access point/router/switch. I couldn't get it to work with static > IPs, only with dhcp. I may start another try when 9.2 final comes out > and I switch my machines to the final. > > wobo > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com >
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