Here is what my ifconfig gives for my DHCP connection to my ADSL service: root@JLKreps:/home/jerry > ifconfig <PRE> eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:50:04:77:B8:2F inet addr:192.168.200.2 Bcast:192.168.200.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 inet6 addr: fe80::50:477:b82f/10 Scope:Link inet6 addr: fe80::250:4ff:fe77:b82f/10 Scope:Link UP BROADCAST NOTRAILERS RUNNING MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:242189 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:202439 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:100 Interrupt:11 Base address:0xf480 lo Link encap:Local Loopback inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:3924 Metric:1 RX packets:8089 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:8089 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 And the route command give: root@JLKreps:/home/jerry > route Kernel IP routing table Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface 192.168.200.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth0 loopback * 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 lo default 192.168.200.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth0 root@JLKreps:/home/jerry > </PRE> FYI, JLK On Monday 19 February 2001 09:19, Joost Kremers wrote:
hi again,
What does ifconfig tell you? Just open a console window and type ifconfig. You should see information about your network card Do you have a link light on your network card?
ifconfig gives me the following:
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:90:27:30:39:5E UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:100 Interrupt:5 Base address:0x210
the link light on the network card is blinking happily...
furthermore, the dhcp client drops the following messages in /var/log/messages:
DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 12
(the interval number varies)
and a bit later:
No DHCPOFFERS received
guess that means no go... :-)
something else i should have mentioned earlier: when i start windows, Microsoft Networking is started. that is how i get to the internet and my e-mail under windows. if i by-pass it, i have no access to the internet or to e-mail.
thanks,
joost
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