Re: enabling dhcp hangs redhat 8.0 at boot of eth0

[Anders Hagstrom <anders best com>]

So I'm confused.
If you install RH 8 using a static IP, and after the install change eth0 to 
be a DHCP client (you might have to manually select the DHCP client when 
you install RH). Will that work?
What I'm trying to say is; you may have better luck changing eth0 to 
dhcp-client after all the eth0 stuff is installed.
I have not looked closely at the install script for RH 8, but installers 
will sometimes use different modules than what's later installed.

Solution 2: Buy a $20 network card which works, use up a PCI slot and make 
the problem go away <grin>.

Anders

At 08:10 PM 10/14/2002 -0700, you wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> I recently bought two new MSI motherboard based PCs with Intel 845G chipsets.
>
> I've installed redhat 8.0 and have had significant trouble with the integrated
> ethernet controller (82562ET).
>
> I've finally boiled it down to a problem with dhcp, or at least this is 
> the symptom.
>
> Following is an excerpt from /var/log/messages
>
> Oct 12 23:55:36 Eye kernel: eth0: PCI device 8086:103a (Intel Corp.),
> 00:10:DC:5F:BD:DF, IRQ 10.
> Oct 12 23:55:36 Eye kernel:   Board assembly 000000-000, Physical connectors
> present: RJ45
> Oct 12 23:55:36 Eye kernel:   Primary interface chip i82555 PHY #1.
> Oct 12 23:55:36 Eye kernel:   General self-test: passed.
> Oct 12 23:55:36 Eye kernel:   Serial sub-system self-test: passed.
> Oct 12 23:55:36 Eye kernel:   Internal registers self-test: passed.
> Oct 12 23:55:36 Eye kernel:   ROM checksum self-test: passed (0x04f4518b).
> Oct 12 23:55:36 Eye /etc/hotplug/net.agent: invoke ifup eth0
> Oct 12 23:55:45 Eye dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67
> interval 8
> Oct 12 23:55:45 Eye dhclient: DHCPOFFER from 192.168.100.1
> Oct 12 23:55:45 Eye dhclient: DHCPREQUEST on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67
> Oct 12 23:55:55 Eye last message repeated 2 times
> Oct 12 23:56:10 Eye dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67
> interval 7
> Oct 12 23:56:10 Eye dhclient: DHCPOFFER from 192.168.100.1
> Oct 12 23:56:10 Eye dhclient: DHCPREQUEST on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67
> Oct 12 23:56:15 Eye dhclient: DHCPREQUEST on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67
> Oct 12 23:56:24 Eye dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67
> interval 7
>
> ...
>
> This continues forever (or until I reboot, whichever comes first 8-).
>
> It seems 192.168.100.1 (my local dhcp server) is answering, but the system is
> ignoring the response.
>
> If I assign a static IP address and gateway then everything works.
>
> Any help or direction anyone could offer would be greatly appreciated!!!
>
> John E. A.
>
>
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