On Wed, 10 Nov 2004 14:27:33 +0100, Alexander Apprich <a.apprich@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Kevin Old wrote: > > On Wed, 10 Nov 2004 13:58:07 +0100, Alexander Apprich > > <a.apprich@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > [schnip] > > > >>>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? > > > > Where is the dhcp server located at, same subnet? Do you have another > box which gets ist netconfig from the dhcp server? maybe it's an > issue from something between your box and the dhcp server? Yes, same subnet. Actually I've tried this on 2 networks with hundreds of machines on them and still have no luck. Thanks for your help, Kevin -- Kevin Old kevinold@xxxxxxxxx
