Rick Stevens wrote: > > Have you tried running "dhclient eth0" from the command line (assuming > eth0 is your wireless card) and watched its output? That may give you > some better ideas as to what's going on. You should also have a look > at the DHCP server's logs. > I don't think we are talking about a wireless connection here. The card in the subject line (SiS900 PCI Fast Ethernet) looks like a wired card to me... > My guess is that you really don't have the MAC address of the machine > registered with the DHCP server (it's easy to make a mistake with six > hex octets) or that your iptables is blocking it. DHCP uses UDP port 68 > (sometimes TCP port 68), so make sure iptables isn't blocking it > (iptables is started before the network interfaces are brought up). If > you need some rules for iptables to allow DHCP, here they are: > > -A INPUT -p tcp -m tcp --dport 68 -j ACCEPT > -A INPUT -p udp -m udp --dport 68 -j ACCEPT > > Stick them somewhere appropriate in your /etc/sysconfig/iptables file > and restart iptables. > Because it works with a static IP, but not with DHCP, I suspect you are correct about a mistake entering the MAC address, or the DHCP server has not been "informed" of the added MAC address. I have been bitten a time or two by forgetting to inform a daemon about a config file change. (OR even worse, forgetting to update the serial number on a zone file...) Mikkel -- Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for thou art crunchy and taste good with Ketchup!
