Re: [Sheflug] Getting dhcp from cable with linux

[Robin Wood <robin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sun, Apr 01, 2007 at 12:26:44PM +0100, Richard Ibbotson wrote:
> Robin
> 
>  >I've just had cable installed and to test it I fired up windows,
>  >plugged the laptop into the modem and instantly got an IP through dhcp. I
>  >rebooted into Linux and no joy, dhcp just timed out.
> 
> 
> Sounds like the DHCP port might not be open or similar issue.  Are you 
> sure that iptables didn't load itself without you knowing about it ? 
> Other problem is that you haven't told us which version of Linux you are 
> using.  Have you tried IpCop ?  It's good for logs and some intelligible 
> output.
> 
I've fixed it. It is a MAC address issue. I tried the linux box with the
MAC from the windows box and it worked. I've now got to work out whether
if I let the dhcp lease expire it will allow me to have another MAC
address connected or whether I'm stuck with that particular one.

Once I get my network built there will be only one NIC connected to the
gateway, the rest will be networked off that so I should be able to get
it sorted in the long run.

Robin

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