That was incredibly easy. In fact, it couldn't have been easier.<br>
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The problem was the only DHCP client I had installed was the
experimental IPv6 client. I installed the dhclient package for Fedora
Core 4, the did an ifdown eth0, ifup eth0 and everything worked.<br>
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I didn't have any DHCP errors in my syslogs because I didn't have any DHCP activity.<br>
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Thanks for the help!<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 10/3/05, <b class="gmail_sendername">Bob Schilmoeller</b> <<a href="mailto:bob@schilmoeller.com">bob@schilmoeller.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;">
Jim,<br> Yes, it should be as simple as a standard FC4 DHCP to get an IP address. A<br>stock installed DHCP should just work. If you think you have some "cruft"<br>left over from the PPPoE configuration, you may want to remove and reinstall
<br>the affected packages. (including DHCP) Do you have another network and DHCP<br>server you can try this on? Also, check /var/log/syslog for messages. That's<br>where my Debian DHCP logs its messages.<br><br>HTH.<br>
- Bob<br><br><br><br>jim scott wrote:<br>> I won't have access to my machine until tonight, but I will check. I<br>> haven't seen anything in /var/log/messages, but I haven't checked<br>> /var/log/dhcp. Thanks for the suggestion.
<br>><br>> On 10/3/05, *Brock Noland* <<a href="mailto:brockn@gmail.com">brockn@gmail.com</a> <mailto:<a href="mailto:brockn@gmail.com">brockn@gmail.com</a>>><br>> wrote:<br>><br>> 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><br>> <mailto:
<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<br>
> 98, where<br>> > DSL is working great.<br>> ><br>> > I've got an older SMC NIC plugged into the DSL modem. I read the<br>> DSL HOWTO,<br>> > which I think was a big mistake. Based on that, I spent a lot of
<br>> time trying<br>> > to configure PPPoE, but I don't think I need to worry about any of<br>> that. I<br>> > did manage to mess up all my config files. I gave up on PPPoE,<br>> 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,<br>> so I think<br>> > all I need to do is configure DHCP to get an IP for my NIC and set
<br>> up the<br>> > routing table correctly and I should be done. If I'm wrong about<br>> 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
<br>> boot. I<br>> > don't see anything interesting in ifconfig, other than the lack of<br>> any IP<br>> > address -- not even <a href="http://0.0.0.0">0.0.0.0</a> <<a href="http://0.0.0.0">
http://0.0.0.0</a>>, which I think should<br>> be there if DHCP is even<br>> > trying. I don't see any errors in dmesg or in the syslog, so I<br>> think I need<br>> > to turn up the debug level. If I can get an IP for my NIC, I think
<br>> I'm<br>> > almost home because I can copy the routing table from the windows<br>> side.<br>> ><br>> ><br>> > On 10/3/05, Bob Schilmoeller <<a href="mailto:bob@schilmoeller.com">
bob@schilmoeller.com</a><br>> <mailto:<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
<br>> problems I<br>> > have<br>> > > had has been every time it has been sold! :-) Recently though I<br>> had to<br>> > reset<br>> > > my DSL modem and received a new IP address for the first time in
<br>> 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<br>> and it
<br>> > works<br>> > > great. I also used RH 7.3 on an old box as my router a couple<br>> 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<br>> what your<br>> > > config is, the symptoms you are seeing and what things you have<br>> 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>><br>> <<a href="http://Frontiernet.net">http://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
<br>> my NIC.<br>> > > > Does anyone know if Frontier (service in Lakeville/Rosemount)<br>> has any<br>> > > > special settings I need to know about? Thanks!<br>> > > >
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