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To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx>

Subject: Re: FC5 networking question, emachines t3418

From: Peter Horst <phorst@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Date: Sun, 25 Jun 2006 15:38:53 -0500

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Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote:

[snip as-yet-undiscovered pebkac error]

Change /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 to something like:

DEVICE=eth0
BOOTPROTO=dhcp

TYPE=Ethernet

Then edit /etc/hosts to look like:

127.0.0.1   localhost.localdomain localhost obtunded

(Delete the "192.168.2.123 obtunded" line.)

Then run, as root:
ifdown eth0
ifup eth0

Thank you very much for the help. I must be doing something really screwy - I did as you recommended, then I double-checked my spelling, but no joy.

Just as a lark I ran:

#dhclient

...then checked /var/log/messages.

I found:

[DATE] obtunded dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval [NUMBER]
[DATE] obtunded dhclient: No DHCPOFFERS received.
[DATE] obtunded dhclient: No working leases in persistent database - sleeping.

Is this significant? The thing I don't get is that I just put (what I thought was) the same software on 2 computers, and the old, crappy box is fine while the brand-new one doesn't work.

I really appreciate the help.