On Thu, 24 Jul 2003, Steven Elling wrote: > > I used 'net-setup eth0' and selected the 'Use DHCP to auto-detect my > > network settings' option. Then when i enter 'ifconfig' neither eth0 nor > > eth1 are there. If i enter 'ifconfig eth0' there is no IP address shown. > > I even tried using 'dhcpcd eth0' but that doesn't work either. > > I notice the same problem on my Pentium 133. I had to set a static IP to > get network connectivity up.
Do you have socket filtering enabled in the kernel? I don't know how or why, but this seems to be required to allow dhcp to work. I also use pump as a dhcp client. It works, so I haven't played with any others. -- Marshal Newrock, Simon's Rock College of Bard Caution: product may be hot after heating -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
