Subject: Can't get networking going -- newbie question
From: Robert Brashear (robert.brashear@ust.hk)
Date: Thu Aug 02 2001 - 19:44:11 MDT
Iıve installed YDL 2.0 on a partition on my G4 Titanium PowerBook. The
major problem that I face is that I canıt get connected to my campus
network. During the boot sequence, I notice that all the various tests
pass, except the ³eth0², the message (as I recall) is that this test fails
as it was unable to obtain an IP address.
I have run netconfig through a terminal from KDE. After a brief wait, I get
the message that the DHCP server isnıt responding and that no IP can be
obtained. Iıve tried with BootP with the same result. When I boot back to
the MacOS, the same computer has no trouble finding the DHCP server and
obtaining its IP (BootP will also work).
Where should I start with this? Is this a question that I need to direct to
my local sys admin (that will be fun!!) or is there something I need to do
first on the laptop.
Any hints would be appreciated.
Bob Brashear
--Robert Brashear Director of Admissions, Registration and Records Hong Kong University of Science & Technology Clear Water Bay, Kowloon Hong Kong
Tel: 852 2358 6612 Fax: 852 2358 0769 Email: robert.brashear@ust.hk
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