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Re: DHCP problem



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On Thursday 26 September 2002 04:56 pm, lorac wrote:
> I can not seem to get DHCP to work on its own, except with the stock kernel
> that came with Debian.  It sees the card, but just does not pull an IP.  I
> can get it to pull an IP if I manually run pump /sbin/pump -i eth0.  I have
> no problems using a static ip, or getting an ip in Windows.
>
> I have enabled kernel level auto configuration as well w\ dhcp.  I'm not
> sure what other information i can give, but if someone could help me it
> would be appreciated.
>
> lorac
>
> -
> "Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent." - Salvor Hardin
Great sig .. I completely concur     ^^^^^

Iorac:

What do you have in your /etc/network/interfaces file?  Look at it and also 
read the man page on interfaces.  Here's a paste of part of mine:
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

auto eth0
iface eth0 inet dhcp

This should give you a good start. 

gl
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