can't get ip through dhcp after upgrade

[Kevin Old]

On Wed, 10 Nov 2004 13:58:07 +0100, Alexander Apprich
<a.apprich at science-computing.de> wrote:
> Kevin Old wrote:
> 
> 
> > On Wed, 10 Nov 2004 11:15:52 +0100, Alexander Apprich
> > <a.apprich at science-computing.de> wrote:
> >
> >>ketil hage wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>>updated from fc2 to fc3 from cd's.
> >>>
> >>>had some serious boot trouble after restart, but disable the nvidia module fixed
> >>>that.
> >>>
> >>>now i can't get eth0 to work.
> >>>
> >>>(i had firestarter installed before upgrade).
> >>>
> >>>here's what i found: When i set ip manually, the eth0 card get active, but
> >>>nothing works, can't ping my gateway or anything else. it doesn't matter if
> >>>firestarter is started or stopped. with ifconfig i see the right addresses
> >>>configured.
> >>>
> >>>when i try to use dhcp(i have a dhcp server)the card just get inactive.
> >>>
> >>>it seems that there is something in my box blocking all contact to the lan.
> >>
> >>Have you tried using dhclient when eth0 was up?
> >
> >
> > Can you elaborate on "using dhclient"?  I'm having the same problem as
> > Ketil with trying to connect to a network.
> 
> Just execute dhclient, and if eth0 is up and a dhcp server is availible
> eth0 get its network config assigned. Older RedHats < 8 used to have
> pump which did allmost the same.
> 
> If dhclient doesn't work it's probably because a firewall is blocking
> DHCP.

Ok, it must be the firewall, but I have it disabled.  I've verified
this by the "/sbin/service iptables status" which reports "Firewall is
stopped".

Under "Security" (in the Gnome menu, not sure where) it shows that the
firewall is disabled and SELinux is disabled.

Any ideas if there's something else somehow blocking the network?

Thanks,
Kevin


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Kevin Old
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