> When i test my Linux router I first release the ip from the win98 machine. > Then i move the ethernet > cable from the win98 box to the Linux router box. I power down the cable > modem and the linux router box. > I wait for a minute and start them both up again. > > Things i have tried > ------------------- > I tried to spoof the mac address to the same number as on the win98 box but > i am not sure if i did it correctly. > here is what i did to the /etc/dhclient.conf > > send dhcp-client-identifier 00:40:54:31:7c:7c; #I am not sure if this is > correct or not.
This will not properly spoof your MAC address, which sounds like it's the likely problem. Once your firewall boots, remove the dhcp-client-identifier from your dhclinet.conf file (and any other changes you might have made), and try the following at the command prompt: ip link set eth0 address 00:40:54:31:7c:7c svi dhclient restart > i tried setting the default gateway > eth0_DEFAULT_GW=66.41.136.1 Shouldn't be required if your ISP has things setup properly...you'll get a default gateway via dhcp once you obtain a lease. > Results of Commands > ------------------- Look as expected... > Errors > ------ > DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 4 > DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 5 > DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 14 > DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 11 > DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 19 > DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 7 > > No DHCPOFFER recieved > no working Leases in persistant database. > > > I assume that my machine is trying to connect to port 67 of my isp and is > sending the mac address to my isp to confirm that it is "registered" with > them. Should there be 6 DHCPDISCOVER's when the router works? No. When the router works, you'll get a DHCPOFFER from your ISP... I suspect that despite what the cable modem folks have said, your still hitt ing a MAC address problem...if so, the above ip link command should get you going, at which point you can either yell at the cable company, swap cards, or stick the ip link set command in a startup script somewhere... If your MAC address isn't the problem, about the only other possability is your client-identifier. You might try putting your M$ system name in the dhclient.conf file (as host-name, not dhcp-client-identifier). Charles Steinkuehler http://lrp.steinkuehler.net http://c0wz.steinkuehler.net (lrp.c0wz.com mirror) _______________________________________________ Leaf-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user
