[TriLUG] SuSE newbie: dhcp only gets IP address

[Stanley B. Briggs]

i left out that i had tried all of the options in YaST. same results
either way.
i'm definitely getting to a dhcp server. in the two environments that i've
had this machine i've gotten proper addesses in both.

now the wierd part. i read some man pages and found where dhcpcd stores
it's information (/var/lib/dhcpcd). in there is a file that contains the
(correct) information for the network that i'm on! it gets the information
but does not update my configuration!?

stan

> 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
>
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