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

dhcp with network restart problem

2001-08-18 Thread john wa
hi 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 address but for some reason it can't find anything on the 'net. the dhcp lease h