Getting DHCP to work/f10 declines to start network

[Robert L Cochran]

Tom Horsley wrote:
> On Sun, 21 Dec 2008 16:34:15 -0500 (EST)
> tom wrote:
>
>   
>> Is the dhcp system busted here? Or am I nuts?
>>     
>
> It is possible that the F10 default install includes draconian
> firewall rules (I'm not really sure, but they seem to be trying
> to be fanatically secure at every turn).
>
> You could diable iptables and ip6tables and see if your dhcp
> server can find you, if so, there is something about the firewall
> rules that blocks it.
>
>   
Getting an IP address through DHCP should "just work" as long as you set
up that network interface for it. I use Fedora 10 also, and I have a
separate DHCP server, and all works fine out of the box...well, out of
the DVD, so to speak.

I have my dhcp server set up to offer certain hosts specific IP
addresses, based on the MAC address of the adapter. Could that be your
problem here -- you are giving dhcp an MAC address it does not recognize.

Bob