Re: Troubles connection to the LAN
Did you enable CONFIG_PACKET and CONFIG_FILTER in your kernel? Without
this, your system won't be able to use DHCP.
Pim
> Pim Bliek <bliekp@pingwings.nl> wrote in message
> news:<vKJt.1kF.3@gated-at.bofh.it>...
>> > Unfortunately the NICs don't get IP addresses from their respective
>> > dhcp-servers, and if i give them those manually i cannot ping any
>> > other PC in the LAN either.
>>
>> Did you add a default route?
>>
>> route add default gw <insert IP of ur gateway here>
>>
>> Net-HOWTO might come in handy too.
>>
>> Good luck!
>
> Hi Pim (and Roberto as well :)
>
> Thanx for your advide. No, I did not add a default route, but just for
> pinging a machine in the same subnet (192.168.1.100 and 192.168.1.101)
> there should be no need for a default route, right?
> Under "normal" conditions (e.g. booting with the Debian CD) the NIC
> receives IP and gateway (for internet access) info from the DHCP
> server - it just does not work with my own compiled kernel and
> modules. (But modules are loaded as i stated before.)
>
> thanx and ciao,
> ~klemens
>
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