Re: [SLUG] Network connection down

From: Mario Lombardo (mario@alienscience.com)
Date: Mon Nov 12 2001 - 12:19:42 EST


I suppose if you're so sure of the dhcp request, I would check the dhcp
server. If it's RR handing out a public address, I've had problems with
them in the past.

If it's a private hand-out, can you SSH or telnet (with Windows or
whatever) to the dhcp server to see your MAC address in the list of
leases? I've seen times with windows if the dhcp request wasn't
fulfilled, it would fall back to the old address. This deception would
appear that the dhcp server was working properly when it was not.

Have you tried to release-all and renew-all on the windows boot-up? You
may lose your network connection if the dhcp server is sour, but at
least you'd know it was that. Sorry I can't be of more help.

Mario

Norbert Cartagena wrote:

>Ok, this might seem like an odd incident: On my laptop
>(Dell Inspiron 8000), I can't seem to get on Road
>Runner. I can get on using windows but with Linux...
>*pffts* Nothing. I'm using SuSE 7.2 (hopefully 7.3 by
>the end of the day). Any hints on where I should look
>for this problem? I've tried to restart the daemon
>
>/etc/init.d/dhclient restart
>
>And... nothing - can't grab an IP address. Here's the
>interesting part: The command gives me the signal that
>it does grab an address, but I can't ping anywhere
>(return status -1: network unreachable). Also tried to
>reset the daemon through YaST and it complains that it
>can't grab an IP.
>
>Again, any hints?
>
>Gnorb
>
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