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hello, with debian (i tried the latest net-install) - but also with a lot of other distros - i have a special problem: i can't get a dhcp-connection. only with zenwalk there is (latest version 4) not the slightest problem. i asked - very generally - them, what the differences could be that made the differences. i got the following answers (copy of mail, my question is at the end): begin citation: Debian uses dhclient by default where Zenwalk (and Slack) use dhcpcd. They seem to handle the dhcp protocol in a slightly different way (seems there's yet another client - dhcdbd - out there needed for the Gnome Network Manager that does it his way too). B Op donderdag 04-01-2007 om 00:57 uur [tijdzone +0100], schreef Jean-Philippe Guillemin: Hi, I don't know Debian enough to tell you what's really different in Zenwalk regarding DHCP. The only thing I can tell you is a bit general : Zenwalk has a simple design, inherited from Slackware, but more modern, and maybe even simpler. The simplicity often make the difference between something that works, and the rest ... Cheers JP zuhans@mailpost.at wrote:hello mr guillemin, its near a miracle: with your zenwalk-distro i have no problems with dhcp-connection. only with opensuse (and there only with their second choice "ifup" and not with their networkmanager) i can get this experience too, but debian, several live-cds, belenix, bsd-distros... there is no connection at all. and zenwalk does it in a blinck of an eye. what do you do different to all the others? if it's no secret, please give me some information. my laptop is a benq r55 joybook, i connect via ethernet to a cable-modem and through it to my provider (i live in austria). greetings hans_______________________________________________ Zenwalk-main mailing list Zenwalk-main@lists.zenwalk.org http://lists.zenwalk.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/zenwalk-main end citation could this information be of some help? i would like very much to have the next debian on my laptop! greetings hans |