RE: Ethernet & DHCP Fails on Cable Modem to Internet

From: Ken Plumley (ken_plumley_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 08/07/03

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Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2003 11:05:12 -0700 (PDT)

    Here is the config for these files:
    /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0
    /etc/sysconfig/networking/devices/ifcfg-eth0

    USERCTL=yes
    PEERDNS=yes
    TYPE=Ethernet
    DEVICE=eth0
    BOOTPROTO=dhcp
    ONBOOT=yes
    HWADDR= (the correct MAC is listed here)

    --- Kenneth Goodwin <kgoodwin@datamarktech.com> wrote:
    > The network config tool may be broken,, have you
    > looked
    > at the underlying //etc/sysconfig network related
    > files?
    >
    >
    > > -----Original Message-----
    > > From: redhat-list-admin@redhat.com
    > > [mailto:redhat-list-admin@redhat.com]On Behalf Of
    > Kelerion
    > > Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2003 1:06 PM
    > > To: redhat-list@redhat.com
    > > Subject: RE: Ethernet & DHCP Fails on Cable Modem
    > to
    > Internet
    > >
    > >
    > > Your not messing/playing around with a 2.5 or 2.6
    > kernel
    > are you?
    > >
    > > I know from experience that dhcpclient breaks
    > with those
    > > kernels.. The
    > > way I got around it was to set a static ip (also
    > make
    > sure
    > > your gateway
    > > is correct) and that should help..
    > >
    > > Don't know if this is what your doing but it just
    > sounded
    > familiar to
    > > me..
    > >
    > > HTH
    > >
    > > Kel
    > >
    > > -----Original Message-----
    > > From: redhat-list-admin@redhat.com
    > > [mailto:redhat-list-admin@redhat.com]
    > > On Behalf Of Ken Plumley
    > > Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2003 4:36 PM
    > > To: Redhat List
    > > Subject: Ethernet & DHCP Fails on Cable Modem to
    > Internet
    > >
    > >
    > > I am trying to setup an x86 box running red hat
    > linux
    > > 8.0 to reach the internet using a cable modem. I
    > used
    > > the Network Configuration tool to configure eth0
    > to
    > > automatically obtain
    > > IP address settings with DHCP and automatically
    > obtain
    > DNS
    > > information
    > > from the ISP. When I try to activate eth0 using
    > the
    > Network
    > > Configuration tool it fails with the message:
    > Cannot
    > activate network
    > > device eth0.
    > >
    > > I can reach the internet using the same cable
    > modem at
    > > the same location on a different machine running
    > red
    > > hat 6.2 with eth0 configured for dhcp.
    > >
    > > Can some one please tell me how to configure dhcp
    > on
    > > RH 8.0 to work with the cable modem?
    > >
    > > Thanks in advance.
    > >
    > > Ken
    > >
    > >
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