Allan Gottlieb <[email protected]> wrote:
> I just purchased a dell latitude E6510, with a gigabit
> (hardwired) ethernet. It works fine under windows.
>
> I now have the (newest) gentoo installation disk (april) in the machine.
> The device is recognized and the e1000e module is loaded.
>
> ifconfig shows the mac address, but no IP addr.
>
> My router (linksys with the tomato firmware) shows that same mac address
> (presumably gotten when the windows machine was connected).
>
> If I run net-setup eth0, nothing changes.
>
> If I execute the manual
> ifconfig eth0 192.168.1.80 broadcast 192.168.1.255 netmask 255.255.255.0 up
> subsequent ifconfig's show this data but
> ping 192.168.1.1 (the IP addr of the router) fails
> However, 192.168.1.80 succeeds.
>
I have the same machine for a while -- returning for audio issues --
and loaded grml 10.4 live cd and had no problems with the dhcp. Try
dhcpcd or pump manually -- I bet its some imcompatibility between the
software and the router.
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