Re: DHCP and debian
I believe there is a limitation with the 2.0.X kernel which prevents dhcp from working
if you have more than one ethernet card. There may be a work-around (other than
upgrading your kernel and everything else) but I don't know what it might be. I'd
search around on deja.com.
Richard Miles wrote:
> > > our DHCP server to assign it's ip-address, DNS servers, netmask, etc.
> Is
> > > this possible?
> > >
> >
> > Yes and exceptionally easy. Get the dhcpcd package (the beta for 2.2
> kernels).
>
> I have a question cencerning dhcp. Been running debian for about a month
> or so. I am using a cable modem to access the net. When I first installed
> dhcpcd (and now dhcpcd-sv) I only had one ethernet card installed. No
> problems. Now I am using two, and even though they seem to be detected
> correctly, and the modules being loaded, dhcpcd no longer detects my ip
> address, and I cannot access the internet. I've checked my dhcpcd.conf and
> it is set for eth0, which is the card that I have hooked to the cable modem.
> If anyone has any ideas of what I can do to possibly troubleshoot this, I
> would appreciate it.
> I do know that everything is working correctly, because my network is
> functioning fine under Windows. This is one of the last reasons that I even
> have win installed, other than some games, and I definately want to correct
> it.
>
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