I won't have access to my machine until tonight, but I will check. I
haven't seen anything in /var/log/messages, but I haven't checked
/var/log/dhcp. Thanks for the suggestion.<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 10/3/05, <b class="gmail_sendername">Brock Noland</b> <<a href="mailto:brockn@gmail.com">brockn@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
When it is booting does it try and get an ip address?<br><br>/var/log/messages or /var/log/dhcp should tell you.<br><br>Brock<br><br><br>On 10/3/05, jim scott <<a href="mailto:jimdscott@gmail.com">jimdscott@gmail.com</a>
> wrote:<br>> Thanks for the reply, Bob.<br>><br>> I'm running FC4 with the latest updates. I dual boot to Windows 98, where<br>> DSL is working great.<br>><br>> I've got an older SMC NIC plugged into the DSL modem. I read the DSL HOWTO,
<br>> which I think was a big mistake. Based on that, I spent a lot of time trying<br>> to configure PPPoE, but I don't think I need to worry about any of that. I<br>> did manage to mess up all my config files. I gave up on PPPoE, deleted all
<br>> my config files and reinstalled the networking packages.<br>><br>> It's an external xDSL SpeedStream 5200 modem connected to my NIC, so I think<br>> all I need to do is configure DHCP to get an IP for my NIC and set up the
<br>> routing table correctly and I should be done. If I'm wrong about that, then<br>> I'm more lost than I thought.<br>><br>> The first problem is that my NIC is not getting an IP address on boot. I<br>> don't see anything interesting in ifconfig, other than the lack of any IP
<br>> address -- not even <a href="http://0.0.0.0">0.0.0.0</a>, which I think should be there if DHCP is even<br>> trying. I don't see any errors in dmesg or in the syslog, so I think I need<br>> to turn up the debug level. If I can get an IP for my NIC, I think I'm
<br>> almost home because I can copy the routing table from the windows side.<br>><br>><br>> On 10/3/05, Bob Schilmoeller <<a href="mailto:bob@schilmoeller.com">bob@schilmoeller.com</a>> wrote:<br>> > Jim,
<br>> > I have been on Frontier DSL since its existence. The only problems I<br>> have<br>> > had has been every time it has been sold! :-) Recently though I had to<br>> reset<br>> > my DSL modem and received a new IP address for the first time in 4 years!
<br>> But<br>> > it did give me a 60% bump in speed.<br>> ><br>> > All of that said, I use a Dlink router with no special settings and it<br>> works<br>> > great. I also used RH 7.3 on an old box as my router a couple of years a
<br>> ago<br>> > with no special settings.<br>> ><br>> > Now that I have told you my config, can you shed some light on what your<br>> > config is, the symptoms you are seeing and what things you have tried? It
<br>> may<br>> > trigger some insight from the list.<br>> ><br>> > - Bob<br>> ><br>> ><br>> ><br>> > jim scott wrote:<br>> > > Greetings, all. I'm brand new to the list. Does anyone here use
<br>> > > Frontier's xDSL? I'm trying to connect my Fedora Core 4 box to the<br>> > > Internet through <a href="http://Frontiernet.net">Frontiernet.net</a> <<a href="http://Frontiernet.net">http://Frontiernet.net
</a>>, but have been<br>> > > having a lot of DHCP problems. I can't get an IP address for my NIC.<br>> > > Does anyone know if Frontier (service in Lakeville/Rosemount) has any<br>> > > special settings I need to know about? Thanks!
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