[TriLUG] SuSE newbie: dhcp only gets IP address

[Bob Shepherd]

Have you tried checking the config with YaST? 

Yast / Network Devices / Network Card

If it already recognized the network card, it should be listed under "Already 
Configured Devices," eg., "RealTek RT8139 Configured as eth0 with DHCP."

If it has this config, then my guess is you are not connecting to your DHCP 
server and obtaining a lease with DNS server assignments.  I'm skeptical of 
shelling out in SuSE and looking at config files before trying all avenues 
with YaST first.  There may be distro-specific ways of writing the config 
files.

Bob Shepherd

On Tuesday 22 June 2004 11:45 am, Stanley B. Briggs wrote:
> all,
>
> i've never done a SuSE install using DHCP before. the laptop works but ...
> when the eth0 interface comes up it only gets an ip address. no default
> gateway, do dns server, no nuthin'. i think that i've checked
> /etc/sysconfig/network thoroughly but would certainly appreciate any
> pointers.
>
> thanks,
> stan