Re: Lost internet connection after upgrade(solved)
On Fri, 22 Jun 2007 18:55:53 -0700
Andrew Sackville-West <andrew@farwestbilliards.com> wrote:
> so just out of curiousity, did you get to running 'route'? and if so
> what did it show?
with improper dhclient.conf
sudo route
Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use
Iface 192.168.1.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth0
with proper dhclient.conf
sudo route
Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use
Iface 192.168.1.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth0
default 192.168.1.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth0
Notice NO default route with the bad config file ?
> > #request nothing: let the server send all the parameters it knows
> > request;
> >
> >
> > This is the dhclient.conf as it WAS :
> >
> > request subnet-mask, broadcast-address, time-offset, routers,
> > domain-name, domain-name-servers, host-name,
> > netbios-name-servers, netbios-scope, interface-mtu;
> >
> > Just REPLACE your dhclient.conf with the old(er) version, or copy
> > the request line from the above file and you'll be back in business.
>
> hmmm... was the request line the default before?
Yup, check any dhcpclient package.
if so, why did they
> change it?
Good question. Maybe it's something certain ISP's don't like while it works with
others ??
>>may warrant some research and perhaps an email to the devs
> and/or bug report.
If I could understand the Debian bug reporting system I would
do that.
Cheers
Frank
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