[Wolves] Blueyonder/ Knoppix

[Ron Wellsted]

On Friday 05 March 2004 20:47, stuart.beeson at t-email.co.uk wrote:
> Hi People
>
> i need help setting up my blueyonder connection
> ive plugged the modem via network cable into my laptop
> ive tried to get an ip address off blueyonder via DHCP but failed
> my network cards running on eth0 and i can manage to get an ip off the
> Modem
> ive got my MAC registerd .. but am i missing something ?
>
> i normaly connect via ADSL and now moved over to Blueyonder
> i have a headache   i need to drink
>
> Thanks in advance

a couple of possible reasons here.
1/ BY will only allow 1 device at a time, even if you have multiple MACs 
registered.
2/ If you are changing MACs, the original device must release the DHCP lease 
before the new device can get a lease from the network.

HTH

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Ron Wellsted
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ron at wellsted.org.uk
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