RE: RH 8.0 - can't get IP from D-Link Gateway

["Kenneth Goodwin" <kgoodwin datamarktech com>]

Firewall active and blocking inbound DHCP replies?

Kenneth Goodwin
Director of IT Operations
Datamark Technology, Inc.

>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: enigma-list-admin redhat com
>>> [mailto:enigma-list-admin redhat com]On Behalf Of Doug Robson
>>> Sent: Saturday, October 26, 2002 12:28 AM
>>> To: enigma-list redhat com
>>> Subject: RH 8.0 - can't get IP from D-Link Gateway
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Dear Helpful Linux Friends, 
>>> 
>>> I am once again stymied having just installed the
>>> latest version of RedHat. I went through hades last
>>> time (7.2) getting an IP address assigned to my
>>> computer from my D-Link DI-701 Residential Gateway. 
>>> That time it turned out needing to use a different
>>> version of the driver for my NIC (tulip_old instead of
>>> the one the O/S chose - tulip). 
>>> This time, neither version of the tulip driver will
>>> work. 
>>> 
>>> I got so frustrated, I changed NIC's to a 3com 3c595. 
>>> This is not working either. 
>>> Doing an ifconfig -a shows the card, but without an IP
>>> address assigned. 
>>> Doing a dhclient shows that requests are being sent
>>> out, but the computer is not acknowledging the offers.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Networking on Linux should not be so difficult.
>>> --sigh-- 
>>> 
>>> If I assign a static IP to the card, I can ping my
>>> gateway, so I know that both the card and the gateway
>>> are connected. 
>>> 
>>> What is the newest secret regarding DHCP and RH 8.0
>>> and network set-up files? 
>>> 
>>> Somebody with the magic mojo help me out please.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
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