[Gllug] blueyonder / SuSE / DHCP problem

[Alain Williams]

On Thu, Sep 01, 2005 at 02:09:25PM +0100, Mark Williams wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> I'm having problems obtaining an IP address from blueyonder via DHCP:
> 
> linux:~ # ifdown eth0
> linux:~ # ifup eth0
> Starting DHCP Client Daemon on eth0... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . no IP 
> address yet... backgrounding.
> linux:~ #
> 
> I'm using SuSE Professional 8.2, and have a WebSTAR cable modem connected 
> via an ethernet cable.
> 
> My ifcfg-eth0 contains the following:
> 
> BOOTPROTO='dhcp'
> MTU=''
> REMOTE_IPADDR=''
> STARTMODE='onboot'
> UNIQUE='bSAa.hj4nBFYIjAD'
> WIRELESS='no'
> 
> Everything works fine in windows, but obviously, I'd rather boot linux.

Have you used tcpdump to see what is going over the link ?

What are your firewall settings, ie can the DHCP requests get out/in ?

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Alain Williams
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