Mark,
I was unable to get an IP on the school network (which uses DHCP). Somewhere
in the nework-howto documentation it was suggested to use the following the
Redhat, Mandrake etc. in this type of situation:
Issue the command '/sbin/pump -I eht0 -h hostname' - it worked for me.
As I am a complete newbie this reply may be of no use to you what so ever.
If so ... sorry, and good luck to you.
Regards,
Vincent
-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Johnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, September 01, 2000 4:35 PM
To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
Subject: RE: [newbie] DHCP fails at boot time to allocate IP address
I'm not trying to have the host machine assign an IP to itself. I'm trying
to have the DHCP server give the linux machine an IP address.
-----Original Message-----
From: Booysen RJ [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, September 01, 2000 1:00 AM
To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
Subject: RE: [newbie] DHCP fails at boot time to allocate IP address
You can't have the host machine assign an IP address to itself. You have
to set the IP address for that computer
R.Booysen
Mark Johnson wrote:
> >>----- Original Message -----
> >>From: "Mark Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >>
> >> Environment:
> >> Mandrake 7.1 (CD-ROM)
> >> Linksys Router (which does DHCP)
> >> Linksys NIC
> >> CableModem
> >>
>
> I'm not sure what you are saying here. I'm trying to get an IP
> address for my Linux box from the Linksys Router. The problem
> is that Linux is not getting an IP address from the DHCP server
> (ie: the Linksys Router). Consequently, I can't reach the
> internet at all. I can't configure the gateway either...
>
> I'm not using a plain old hub, I'm using a router that acts as
> a hub and DHCP server.
>
> [cable company] --> (dhcp) 24.162.94.??? --->
> --> [ linksys router (dhcp/gateway<192.168.1.1>) ]
> --> (dhcp) 192.168.1.101 --> Win2K machine
> --> (dhcp) 192.168.1.102 --> Win2K machine
> --> (dhcp) xxxxxxxxxxxxx --> Linux machine
> (linux did not get ip address from router)
>
