Subject: Re: Can't get networking going -- newbie question
From: Iain Stevenson (iain@IainStevenson.com)
Date: Fri Aug 03 2001 - 02:12:22 MDT
Rob,
I've seen some problems with DHCP reported. I believe YDL uses the "pump"
DHCP client. There is also dhcpcd (not to be confused with dhcpd, which is
a DHCP server) which may give better results.
The software is shipped with YDL. I'd be inclined to test it from the
command line but a quick google search found this explanation -
http://www.scrounge.org/linux/dhcpcd.html - of how to hack the network
intialisation scripts to replace pump.
Iain
on 3/8/01 2:44 am, Robert Brashear at robert.brashear@ust.hk wrote:
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
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