Subject: Re: Cable modem/dhchp
From: Dan Burcaw (dburcaw@terraplex.com)
Date: Sun Oct 03 1999 - 16:57:22 MDT
Have you downloaded an updated pump package?
Would someone that has cable + YDL working fine be willing to write up a
mini-HOWTO?
Regards,
Dan
> I installed YDL 1.1 last week and almost everything works fine (at least the
> installer don't crash like the X-Windows of LinuxPPC R5) but not my cable
> connection.
>
> During the installation, I specified DHCP as the way to get my net connection.
> But when YDL boots, I get:
>
> ifup: Determining IP information for eth0
> ifup: Operation failed
> ifup: failed
> network: Bringing up interface eth0 failed
>
> And if I try with pump, I only get "failed" as an error message after 30
> seconds.
>
> netstat -rn is only showing the lo interface not eth0.
>
> Running:
>
> - G3 B&W 300 Mhz with the built-in Ethernet card
> - 64 megs of RAM (if it's matter, I don't think so :-))
> - YDL 1.1 that I downloaded from the FTP site (disk image)
> - Motorola CyberSURFR cable modem, Ethernet (10Base-T) interface
> - Videotron (Quebec, Canada) as my ISP (no special client needed, I just specify
> Ethernet and DHCP in TCP/IP in Mac OS and it works, no authentification)
>
> Any suggestions ?
>
Dan
Terra Soft Solutions, Inc.
Yellow Dog Linux
"The Ultimate Companion for a Dedicated Server"
http://www.yellowdoglinux.com/
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