Getting DHCP to work/f10 declines to start network

[tom]

On Sun, 21 Dec 2008, Robert L Cochran wrote:

> 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.
>
Shouldn't be a problem with the DHCP server, as that server worked
with this hardware running F8, a laptop, and two other desktops
running various systems. There is something funny going on here,
and I'd like to get it working, if not actually find out what
is the problem.