Re: DHCP will not grab ip.

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2008/10/9 Alex Makhlin <makhlina@xxxxxxxxx>:
> Laura Speck wrote:
>>
>> Hey all,
>>
>> I am having a problem with a brand new install of Fedora 9. This
>> machine has two nic's, eth0 and eth1. They are both . We currently
>> have eth0 plugged into a router, had eth1 plugged in earlier to try it
>> as well but we have this problem on both nics.
>>
>> Basically, on install we specified that both nics were to be dhcp, and
>> to come up on boot. But neither of them get an ip on boot. I know that
>> it's not a problem with the cable, as we plugged it into a different
>> machine and it works fine. I don't think it's a problem with the nics
>> as I can't see both of them being toast on a new machine.
>>
>> ifconfig eth0 up does nothing. I've gotten someone local to the server
>> to try dhclient eth0 and then tail /var/log/messages. We see
>> DHCPREQUEST, a bunch of DHCPDISCOVER lines and then end with a "No
>> DHCPOFFERS received" message. ifconfig never shows either interface as
>> having an "inet ..." line, but they get an "inet6 ..." line. I know
>> it's not a problem with the dhcp server because it's our isp's, and
>> our other machines can grab an ip fine.
>>
>> I've shut off Networkmanager (service NetworkManager stop) and started
>> the network (service network start).
>>
>> service network start outputs:
>> Bringing up loopback interface [OK]
>> Bringing up interface eth0:
>> Determining IP information for eth0... failed. [FAILED]
>> Bringing up interface eth0:
>> Determining IP information for eth1... failed. No link available.
>> Check cable. [FAILED]
>>
>> Our /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 looks like...
>>
>> DEVICE=eth0
>> BOOTPROTO=dhcp
>> ONBOOT=yes
>>
>> Any tips would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!
>>
>> Laura
>>
>>
>
> Who is the manufacturer of your net cards?

Both cards are Broadcom Tigon3 cards.

--
Laura

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