NetworkManager and DHCP

[jdow]

From: "Radek Vokál" <radekvokal at gmail.com>

> On Wed, 2006-03-15 at 13:55 +0100, Radek Vokál wrote:
>> Hi, I can't setup NetworkManager to work properly with my DHCP. After
>> service NetworkManager start it sets link local IP address to eth0
>> interface (such as 169.254.x.x), but it should call dhcpclient and get
>> the IP from the server. According to Ethereal capture NetworkManager
>> doesn't seem to send DHCP Offer to server as it should. The eth0
>> interface has the following configuration
>>
>> # cat ifcfg-LAN
>> DEVICE=eth0
>> BOOTPROTO=dhcp
>> ONBOOT=yes
>> TYPE=Ethernet
>> #NETMASK=255.255.255.0
>> #IPADDR=10.76.128.61
>> USERCTL=yes
>> PEERDNS=yes
>> #GATEWAY=10.76.128.1
>> HWADDR=00:c0:9f:cf:60:34
>>
>>
>> and calling ifup eth0 correctly sets the IP up (as well as service
>> network start)
>>
>> NetworkManager-0.5.1-1.FC4.4
>>
>> Am I missing some configuration file or issue?
>
>
> I forget to attach output from NM --no-daemon
>

> NetworkManager: <information> Device 'eth0' DHCP transaction took too
> long (>25s), stopping it.
> NetworkManager: <information> Activation (eth0) Stage 4 (IP Configure
> Timeout) scheduled...
> NetworkManager: <information> Activation (eth0) Stage 4 (IP Configure
> Timeout) started...

Do you have a DHCPD server running somewhere on the same LAN as eth0?

{^_^}