On Saturday 29 July 2006 21:13, Seth wrote:
Sorry.
This is what I get when i type ifconfig (I'm not getting any ip address now):
No you certainly aren't. There appear to be a few packets flowing but not many, probably just dhcp requests.
Shutdown suse firewall if you are running it. Check your physical connections (wires, etc).
Then open two shell windows (as root). In one, type tail -f /var/log/messages In the other: ifdowm eth0 followed by ifup-dhcp eth0
And watch the results.
What kind of nic is that anyway? I can't get a match on that mac address in any database. It almost seems like you have a dribble connection, where a few packets get through but not enough for a connection.
Often this happens with 10/100 nics that don't negotiate very well. (3com) Also, while it could be your NIC, double check your cables. We recently had a problem with a server in our lab. This was an HP DL140 with 2 NICS. We even put in a third NIC. The cable to the panel was fine. The
On Sat, 29 Jul 2006 21:29:37 -0800
John Andersen