[TriLUG] DHCP not working

[Reginald Reed]

I don't think his problem has anything to do with RR DHCP servers since
he mentioned that he's sitting behind a linksys router.

Does the linksys provide any type of diagnostics?  I'd look there first,
then I'd run tcpdump filtering on the MAC address of the machine having
issues to see if the messages are being broadcast and responded to.

--Reggie

> -----Original Message-----
> From: trilug-admin at trilug.org 
> [mailto:trilug-admin at trilug.org] On Behalf Of Mike Johnson
> Sent: Monday, May 13, 2002 12:41 PM
> To: trilug at trilug.org
> Subject: Re: [TriLUG] DHCP not working
> 
> 
> nroskam at rr.nc.com [nroskam at nc.rr.com] wrote:
> > My network card quit working with DHCP.  I can assign a static IP 
> > address and get Internet access.  I have reinstalled the card and 
> > switched slots.  The behavior happens across Windows ME, 
> Windows 2000, 
> > and Redhat 7.2.  Any ideas on what can cause this.  Other 
> machines can 
> > obtain IP addresses from my linksys router.  Additionally I know 
> > another person who having a similar problem but are trying 
> to connect 
> > to road runner.  They have swapped network cards and still 
> having the 
> > same problem.
> 
> Have you tested against a different DHCP server?  I know RR's 
> DHCP servers have...issues sometimes.  I have a static IP 
> address with them that I let DHCP take care of for a while, 
> but when their DHCP servers nose-dived one too many times, I 
> just staticly assigned the address.
> 
> So, I reckon it's the DHCP server, not your card/OS.
> 
> Mike
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