On Thursday 20 February 2003 14:04, Charles A Edwards wrote: > On Thu, 20 Feb 2003 08:25:27 -0000 > > "Tony S. Sykes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > What nic have you got? There seems to be problems with one or two nics > > at the moment. I have a realtek and to get to the internet I have to > > use a fixed ip. Which machine is it on, the firewall or one of the two > > behind it? > > For anyone having problems with DHCP and the Betas or RC1 > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > The problem Is Not caused by the nic > > During network configuration if you select DHCP, regardless of the type > of connection dhcp-client and dhcp-server are installed and Only they > are installed. > > If you connect through a firewall, router or to a LAN you Need to > install dhcpcd. > You can remove the dhcp-client and server because you do not need them > on that machine but if you for some reason run drakconnect it will want > to install them again.. > > > Charles
I have the habit of configuring my internet connection After install. Thus my machine insisted on dhcp when I tyried to configure it later. I did a new install and 'configured' static IP during initial install and this seems to work fine (uptil now, 10 min later) Good Luck, HarM
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