Well, I managed to get things to work for me -- using dhclient-beta (or
dhcp-beta-client?) included on the slink kernel, using the .99L drivers for
my 3c905b cards.
The only problem is -- I haven't a clue why it works now, and yesterday it
did not work. :(
Thanks to everyone for their help -- con
Heh, thanks for the reality check. I wil;l give the dynip and forwarding a
shot -- can't hurt :) as for the cables and card, cable is known good, and
one of the network cards is known good. And, I thought of the firewall rules
in the wee hours of the morning -- they seemed fine, but setting all to
>
> that having been said, there is something flaky about the dhcp/dhclient setup
> on
> debian; i cannot understand why it works and then, when the cable co that I
> connect
> to has changed my ip or other features, i cannot connect; the purpose of dhcp
> is to
> be dynamic, is it not?
>
dhcp w
1. make sure that you have enabled dynamic ip addressing and forwarding in your
network script before you call dhclient/dhcpcd (since they are not enabled by
default):
echo "1" > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_dynaddr
echo "1" > /pro/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward
2. check your cables and card. make sure that th
Constantine, thanks for your help, but I am back again.. :)
I removed dhcpcd and replaced it with dhcp-client-beta and dhcp-beta (or
whichever package contains the docs for dhcp-client-beta) from my slink
release 2 CDs.
Still no go.
I get the same "Operation not permitted" error message. It just
Seth, I have never been able to get dhcpcd to work. I installed dhclient and
the only
success I've had, was with that. Perhaps you could try removing dhcpcd and
installing
the package called dhcp-client-beta from the Debian installation CD's. Mind
you, I am
still having trouble even though I cre
Ok let's take it from the top.
Boot your machine into X, forget the dhcp thing for now.
In a term window, su to root and run dhcp. Then, highlight the text and go to
your email window. Click the middle mouse button when you have the cursor
where you want the text -- bammo cut and paste X style.
Boy, I hate this... :)
I think I mistyped my first submission to this mailing list. Here it is
again, verbatim, save for fixing the errors I know I had in it.
Hey gang, I desperatly need your help. I don't think my slink's dhcpcd is
properly doing the dhcpdiscover.
Specs:
kernel 2.0.36, both cu
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