[gentoo-user] dhcpcd won't run at certain network points

2007-03-14 Thread Alan McKinnon
Hi all, Why am I always the one to get the wierd hardware issues? Here's my latest. The powers that be at work made me move my desk, and dhcpcd on *this* laptop doesn't work at *this* network point, or any of the other four in this row of desks, althought hey work OK on Windows. It's most cert

Re: [gentoo-user] dhcpcd won't run at certain network points

2007-03-14 Thread Etaoin Shrdlu
On Wednesday 14 March 2007 15:57, Alan McKinnon wrote: > I would use google, if only I could think of a remotely meaningful > search string :-) The hdcpcd docs and kernel module docs are not very > enlightening. And the DHCP server is a Windows domain controller. But do your DHCP requests show up

RE: [gentoo-user] dhcpcd won't run at certain network points

2007-03-14 Thread
> -Original Message- > From: Alan McKinnon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 14 March 2007 14:57 > To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > Subject: [gentoo-user] dhcpcd won't run at certain network points > > It's most > certainly a cabling issue, I ca

Re: [gentoo-user] dhcpcd won't run at certain network points

2007-03-14 Thread Uwe Thiem
On 14 March 2007, Alan McKinnon wrote: > Hi all, > > Why am I always the one to get the wierd hardware issues? Here's my > latest. The powers that be at work made me move my desk, and dhcpcd on > *this* laptop doesn't work at *this* network point, or any of the other > four in this row of desks, al

Re: [gentoo-user] dhcpcd won't run at certain network points

2007-03-14 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Wednesday 14 March 2007, Etaoin Shrdlu wrote: > On Wednesday 14 March 2007 15:57, Alan McKinnon wrote: > > I would use google, if only I could think of a remotely meaningful > > search string :-) The hdcpcd docs and kernel module docs are not > > very enlightening. And the DHCP server is a Windo

Re: [gentoo-user] dhcpcd won't run at certain network points

2007-03-14 Thread Patrice Bouvard
Le Wed, 14 Mar 2007 16:57:04 +0200, Alan McKinnon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a écrit : > don't want to have to keep editing resolv.conf Then, don't edit it every time you change network. Just keep it with a lot of entries. If one doesn't work, the next one will be used. Name resolution could be a lit

Re: [gentoo-user] dhcpcd won't run at certain network points

2007-03-14 Thread Dan Farrell
On Thu, 15 Mar 2007 01:16:28 +0100 Patrice Bouvard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Le Wed, 14 Mar 2007 16:57:04 +0200, > Alan McKinnon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a écrit : > > > > don't want to have to keep editing resolv.conf > > Then, don't edit it every time you change network. Just keep it with > a l

Re: [gentoo-user] dhcpcd won't run at certain network points

2007-03-16 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Thursday 15 March 2007, Patrice Bouvard wrote: > Le Wed, 14 Mar 2007 16:57:04 +0200, > > Alan McKinnon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a écrit : > > don't want to have to keep editing resolv.conf > > Then, don't edit it every time you change network. Just keep it with > a lot of entries. If one doesn't work

Re: [gentoo-user] dhcpcd won't run at certain network points

2007-03-20 Thread Mick
On Wednesday 14 March 2007 16:02, Uwe Thiem wrote: > On 14 March 2007, Alan McKinnon wrote: > > With a static ip, I do get full bandwidth, error free, just like it > > should be. So whatever this cabling issue is, it affects only bootp... > > > > hardware: Dell Latitude D810: > > NIC: 02:00.0 Ethe

Re: [gentoo-user] dhcpcd won't run at certain network points

2007-03-21 Thread Uwe Thiem
On 20 March 2007, Mick wrote: > On Wednesday 14 March 2007 16:02, Uwe Thiem wrote: > > On 14 March 2007, Alan McKinnon wrote: > > > With a static ip, I do get full bandwidth, error free, just like it > > > should be. So whatever this cabling issue is, it affects only bootp... > > > > > > hardware:

Re: [gentoo-user] dhcpcd won't run at certain network points

2007-03-21 Thread Mick
On Wednesday 21 March 2007 10:46, Uwe Thiem wrote: > On 20 March 2007, Mick wrote: > > On Wednesday 14 March 2007 16:02, Uwe Thiem wrote: > > > On 14 March 2007, Alan McKinnon wrote: > > > > With a static ip, I do get full bandwidth, error free, just like it > > > > should be. So whatever this cabl

Re: [gentoo-user] dhcpcd won't run at certain network points

2007-03-21 Thread Uwe Thiem
On 21 March 2007, Mick wrote: > On Wednesday 21 March 2007 10:46, Uwe Thiem wrote: > > On 20 March 2007, Mick wrote: > > > On Wednesday 14 March 2007 16:02, Uwe Thiem wrote: > > > > Have you tried to force your NIC down to 100Mb/s early in the boot > > > > process? Assuming your network is FastEth

Re: [gentoo-user] dhcpcd won't run at certain network points

2007-03-21 Thread Dan Farrell
On Wed, 21 Mar 2007 13:54:00 +0200 Uwe Thiem <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 21 March 2007, Mick wrote: > > On Wednesday 21 March 2007 10:46, Uwe Thiem wrote: > > > On 20 March 2007, Mick wrote: > > > > On Wednesday 14 March 2007 16:02, Uwe Thiem wrote: > > > > > > Have you tried to force your NI

Re: [gentoo-user] dhcpcd won't run at certain network points

2007-03-24 Thread rob
On Wednesday 14 March 2007 12:02, Uwe Thiem wrote: > On 14 March 2007, Alan McKinnon wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > Why am I always the one to get the wierd hardware issues? Here's my > > latest. The powers that be at work made me move my desk, and dhcpcd on > > *this* laptop doesn't work at *this* net

Re: [gentoo-user] dhcpcd won't run at certain network points

2007-03-28 Thread Dan Farrell
On Sat, 24 Mar 2007 22:22:29 -0400 rob <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ...But I don't know how to tell your card to switch > to 100 Mps on Gentoo. 'ethtool' is a program that can do so. -- Dan -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list