When it is booting does it try and get an ip address?

/var/log/messages or /var/log/dhcp should tell you.

Brock


On 10/3/05, jim scott <jimdscott at gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks for the reply, Bob.
>
> I'm running FC4 with the latest updates. I dual boot to Windows 98, where
> DSL is working great.
>
> I've got an older SMC NIC plugged into the DSL modem. I read the DSL HOWTO,
> which I think was a big mistake. Based on that, I spent a lot of time trying
> to configure PPPoE, but I don't think I need to worry about any of that. I
> did manage to mess up all my config files. I gave up on PPPoE, deleted all
> my config files and reinstalled the networking packages.
>
> It's an external xDSL SpeedStream 5200 modem connected to my NIC, so I think
> all I need to do is configure DHCP to get an IP for my NIC and set up the
> routing table correctly and I should be done. If I'm wrong about that, then
> I'm more lost than I thought.
>
> The first problem is that my NIC is not getting an IP address on boot. I
> don't see anything interesting in ifconfig, other than the lack of any IP
> address -- not even 0.0.0.0, which I think should be there if DHCP is even
> trying. I don't see any errors in dmesg or in the syslog, so I think I need
> to turn up the debug level. If I can get an IP for my NIC, I think I'm
> almost home because I can copy the routing table from the windows side.
>
>
> On 10/3/05, Bob Schilmoeller <bob at schilmoeller.com> wrote:
> > Jim,
> >   I have been on Frontier DSL since its existence.  The only problems I
> have
> > had has been every time it has been sold! :-)  Recently though I had to
> reset
> > my DSL modem and received a new IP address for the first time in 4 years!
> But
> > it did give me a 60% bump in speed.
> >
> > All of that said, I use a Dlink router with no special settings and it
> works
> > great.  I also used RH 7.3 on an old box as my router a couple of years a
> ago
> > with no special settings.
> >
> > Now that I have told you my config, can you shed some light on what your
> > config is, the symptoms you are seeing and what things you have tried?  It
> may
> > trigger some insight from the list.
> >
> > - Bob
> >
> >
> >
> > jim scott wrote:
> > > Greetings, all. I'm brand new to the list. Does anyone here use
> > > Frontier's xDSL? I'm trying to connect my Fedora Core 4 box to the
> > > Internet through Frontiernet.net <http://Frontiernet.net>, but have been
> > > having a lot of DHCP problems. I can't get an IP address for my NIC.
> > > Does anyone know if Frontier (service in Lakeville/Rosemount) has any
> > > special settings I need to know about? Thanks!
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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