Re: dhcp with network restart problem

2001-08-19 Thread James D Strandboge
On Sun, Aug 19, 2001 at 09:47:58PM +0200 or thereabouts, john wa wrote: > yeah, i'm almost positive this must be the case now. it's definately not the > firewall since i reset it with > iptables -F INPUT > iptables -P INPUT ACCEPT > > and all that appears in syslog is > Aug 18 19:2

Re: dhcp with network restart problem

2001-08-19 Thread john wa
> > all syslog says during a restart is "PUMP: sending discover" (twice) and > > never hears anything back from a dhcp server. could it have anything to > do with > You could be having a problem with your nic at 100baseTX when your > isp is at 10BaseT, but it sounds like your kernel sets that up r

Re: dhcp with network restart problem

2001-08-19 Thread Mike Egglestone
HI.. I had a similar problem where if I lost my link to the cable modem, I would restart /etc/init.d/networking and I wouldn't receive an IP from my ISP. I checked my syslogs like and sure enough, I my eth0 dhcp requesting a packet was being denied. So, I just stopped my firewall rules. then re

Re: dhcp with network restart problem

2001-08-18 Thread James D Strandboge
On Sat, Aug 18, 2001 at 08:48:26PM +0200 or thereabouts, john wa wrote: > > all syslog says during a restart is "PUMP: sending discover" (twice) and > never hears anything back from a dhcp server. could it have anything to do > with You could be having a problem with your nic at 100baseTX when yo

Re: dhcp with network restart problem

2001-08-18 Thread Jaye Inabnit ke6sls
On Saturday 18 August 2001 05:05, James D Strandboge wrote: > On Sat, Aug 18, 2001 at 11:51:19AM +0200 or thereabouts, john wa wrote: > > i have a dodgy cable modem which frequently cuts out requiring it to > > re-negotiate the link. my firewall/irc box often fails to come back after > > some cut o

Re: dhcp with network restart problem

2001-08-18 Thread James D Strandboge
On Sat, Aug 18, 2001 at 11:51:19AM +0200 or thereabouts, john wa wrote: > i have a dodgy cable modem which frequently cuts out requiring it to > re-negotiate the link. my firewall/irc box often fails to come back after > some cut > outs. > > sometimes the interface remains up with the correct IP