--- "Mikkel L. Ellertson" <mikkel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Antonio Olivares wrote: > > --- "Mikkel L. Ellertson" > <mikkel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > wrote: > > > >> > >> Now, as far as fixing the real problem, we need > more > >> information > >> about your network. Do other computers on the > >> network work using > >> DHCP? > > > > Yes computers on the network are configured using > > dhcp, each computer with a MAC address in the > network > > gets its ip automatically and everything should > work, > > but mine does not. > > > Is the DHCP server configured to only respond to > registered MAC > addresses?? If so, did you register yours? Yes it is. The dhcp server is configured by its mac address. Yes it is registered. > > > >> Are you running a firewall on your > >> Linux system, and if > >> so, is it configured to allow DHCP? > > > > I think the normal firewall that comes with Fedora > is > > running, but How do I know if it does allow/not > allow > > DHCP to work? > > > The standard firewall should allow DHCP to work > without problems. An > easy way to check is to turn off the firewall, and > see if that > helps. You can also check the logs to see if the > firewall is > blocking DHCP, or other error messages when you try > to use DHCP to > configure the interface. The log files should always > be one fo the > first places to look when you have hardware/network > problems. > > Mikkel > -- > > Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, > for thou art crunchy and taste good with Ketchup! > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > Which log file(s) should I look at? # dmesg # tail -f /var/log/messages Thanks, Antonio __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
