Quoting Joel Rosenberg (joelr at ellegon.com):
> I've got three machines on my home network, all of which are connected
> via a hub, which is also connected to the Roadrunner modem. FWIW, I'm
> running Mandrake 8.1 on two of the systems, including my main work
> system, and Windows 2000 on the third.  My main system has no trouble
> in picking up an IP address from Roadrunner when booting; my
> daughter's machine is unable to.  

It mandrake a 2.2.x kernel or 2.4.x kernel?

We (the list) need to know so we can walk you through ipchains (2.2.x) or
iptables (2.4.x).

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