You don't have dhcp server running on your local box there. If is stop it until later.
> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:redhat-list- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kelerion > Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2003 12:08 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: Ethernet & DHCP Fails on Cable Modem to Internet > > Also.. Check if you can ping external ip's or not.. It could be your > dns > is wrong > > Cheers > > Kel > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:redhat-list- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of Kelerion > Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2003 6:06 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: Ethernet & DHCP Fails on Cable Modem to Internet > > > Your not messing/playing around with a 2.5 or 2.6 kernel are you? > > I know from experience that dhcpclient breaks with those kernels.. The > way I got around it was to set a static ip (also make sure your > gateway > is correct) and that should help.. > > Don't know if this is what your doing but it just sounded familiar to > me.. > > HTH > > Kel > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:redhat-list- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of Ken Plumley > Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2003 4:36 PM > To: Redhat List > Subject: Ethernet & DHCP Fails on Cable Modem to Internet > > > I am trying to setup an x86 box running red hat linux > 8.0 to reach the internet using a cable modem. I used > the Network Configuration tool to configure eth0 to automatically > obtain > IP address settings with DHCP and automatically obtain DNS information > from the ISP. When I try to activate eth0 using the Network > Configuration tool it fails with the message: Cannot activate network > device eth0. > > I can reach the internet using the same cable modem at > the same location on a different machine running red > hat 6.2 with eth0 configured for dhcp. > > Can some one please tell me how to configure dhcp on > RH 8.0 to work with the cable modem? > > Thanks in advance. > > Ken > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software > http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
