Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (3729 mails)

[James Philp <linuxjames2003@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks, but I'm a bit puzzled. I'm not a Linux expert
but right now it doesn't work on the College network
which uses a fixed IP. Why would the DHCP client have
anything to do with it?

j.
--- "Joe Morris (NTM)" <Joe_Morris@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 06/20/2003 06:07 PM, James Philp wrote:
> 
> >I am running a dual boot XP/Suse 8.1 on a Toshiba
> >Satellite S255 and an RTL 8139/8139C/8139C+.
> Initially
> >everything was ok and both XP and SuSe were running
> >just fine. 
> >
> >But then suddently and without any changes in the
> >configuration the internet was not reachable
> anymore
> >on SuSE even though the lights are blinking and the
> >card is up (this was about 2 months ago). Under XP
> >immediately after boot the internet is also
> >unreachable but then after XP negotiatiates for
> about
> >a minute or it can connect to net and everything
> works
> >well. 
> >  
> >
> My experience with an XP laptop on our network was
> it seemed to reject 
> the previous IP it used and always forced to use up
> all the IPs in my 
> dhcp range, so I had to give it a fixed IP address. 
> I suspect this is 
> the problem, because I know the ISC dhcp server is
> set to if possible 
> give the same address to the same MAC address. 
> Therefore, I suspect the 
> DHCP client.  Do you use dhcpcd?  Try replacing it
> with the ISC dhclient.
> 
> >I have also installed SuSE in VMware 4.0 where
> through
> >the bridged network thingy it connects to the
> internet
> >just fine using XP. (I'd rather not have to use
> VMware
> >and would much rather be ablet to connect to the
> >network straight from my SuSE partition).
> >  
> >
> This would definitely suggest the hardware is
> working fine, and the dchp 
> client is the problem.
> 
> >Please let me know of any ideas or suggestions you
> >might have!!
> >
> Try replacing the client with dhclient.  I have had
> problems with 
> dhcpcd, but dhclient has worked flawlessly for me
> for 3+ years.
> 
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