On Sat, 2010-03-06 at 15:22 -0600, Mikkel wrote: > On 03/06/2010 03:06 PM, Aaron Konstam wrote: > > > > I am not using my neighbors wireless. The machine is hard-wired to the > > router but does not use the router as a DHCP server. It did until this > > morning but now it does not. How does one change that behavior? > > > Check the configuration of the router. You can also try to reset the > router. Outside of giving the machine a static IP address, there is > not much you can do on the machine. This is NOT a problem with the > Linux machine - it is a router problem. > > If you want to know why this is a router problem, find some good > documentation on how DHCP works. The machine making the request > responds to the first DHCP server that replies... > > Mikkel I agree with your analysis of the problem. But that leaves us with the following mystery.. There are 4 machines on the LAN. Why does only the one get a response from the providers DHCP server first? Also why this only occurred this morning after using the routers DHCP server for 6 months? -- ======================================================================= The worst thing about some men is that when they are not drunk they are sober. -- William Butler Yeats ======================================================================= Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
