can't get ip through dhcp after upgrade

Kevin Old kevinold at gmail.com
Wed Nov 10 12:37:49 UTC 2004


On Wed, 10 Nov 2004 11:15:52 +0100, Alexander Apprich
<a.apprich at science-computing.de> wrote:
> ketil hage wrote:
> 
> 
> > updated from fc2 to fc3 from cd's.
> >
> > had some serious boot trouble after restart, but disable the nvidia module fixed
> > that.
> >
> > now i can't get eth0 to work.
> >
> > (i had firestarter installed before upgrade).
> >
> > here's what i found: When i set ip manually, the eth0 card get active, but
> > nothing works, can't ping my gateway or anything else. it doesn't matter if
> > firestarter is started or stopped. with ifconfig i see the right addresses
> > configured.
> >
> > when i try to use dhcp(i have a dhcp server)the card just get inactive.
> >
> > it seems that there is something in my box blocking all contact to the lan.
> 
> Have you tried using dhclient when eth0 was up?

Can you elaborate on "using dhclient"?  I'm having the same problem as
Ketil with trying to connect to a network.

Thanks,
Kevin
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Kevin Old
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