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This issue comes up periodically on this list & on my local LUG list also,
from the debian users anyway. If you select to use dhcp during an install
the dhcp client used is dhclient. I am not sure what the relationship is
between dhclient & CONFIG_FILTER, or if it has something to do with one of
the networking scripts in init.d, but the net effect is dhclient will fail
to setup the network if CONFIG_FILTER is not enabled in the kernel. All the
Debian made kernels come with this enabled, the issue starts when someone
compiles from source. In the .config file that comes with the source
CONFIG_FILTER is set to 'off' . Reading the description for CONFIG_FILTER
it appears to me, and apparently others, that it it not needed for ethernet
networks. i.e.
"You need to say Y here if you want to use PPP packet filtering
(see the CONFIG_PPP_FILTER option below).
If unsure, say N."
My guess at a solution would be to enable this option in the kernel source
.config files, as long as it didn't create more issues than it solves.
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Greg Madden
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