[TriLUG] DHCP not working

[Steven Blanchard]

I am not positive what the reason for your problem is, but i have had 
some odd issues with roadrunner in the past in dealing with dhcp. 
Sometimes, you have to unplug the cable modem for it to recgonize a new 
card, that may even hold true with routers. Other times, rr servers have 
gone wack because my dhcp client (pump on rhl 7.0 at the time) did not 
send a windows client identifier, it would give me a lease the first 
time, but if I ever rebooted, I had to wait until my old lease expired 
before it would let me renew again, which was normally a week.

~Steven Blanchard

nroskam at rr.nc.com wrote:
> My network card quit working with DHCP.  I can assign a static IP
> address and get Internet access.  I have reinstalled the card and
> switched slots.  The behavior happens across Windows ME, Windows 2000,
> and Redhat 7.2.  Any ideas on what can cause this.  Other machines can
> obtain IP addresses from my linksys router.  Additionally I know another
> person who having a similar problem but are trying to connect to road
> runner.  They have swapped network cards and still having the same
> problem.
> Sincerely,
> Rock Roskam
> 
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