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On Sat, 06 Mar 2004 Aaron Matteson wrote :<BR>
>Srinivasan S became daring and sent these 2.9K bytes,<BR>
> > Hi Folks<BR>
> ><BR>
> > Yesterday I had posted on a problem I have with the DHCP not responding to my cable modem setup. I got a lot of answers but didn't change the situation.<BR>
> ><BR>
> > My setup :<BR>
> > eth0 - local n/w<BR>
> > eth1 - cable modem, set to request for DHCP<BR>
> > The error is that I do not get a client IP.<BR>
> > (This was the error I had previously also.)<BR>
> ><BR>
> > I went ahead and did a little more .. since this is a dual boot I booted windows and got my ip status. Then in Fedora I set it to the ip obtained via windows, set the gateway and subnet mask and the primary DNS and secondary DNS. Activated it and it worked beautifully.<BR>
> ><BR>
> > This means that my NIC is fine, the modem is communicating to the correct NIC.The only problem is now the DHCP client configuration. In addition I also turned off Firewall and the DHCPD that was running on eth0. No success.<BR>
> ><BR>
> > Can someone help me on this now that I have been able to zero in that the only issue is setting up dhcp client.<BR>
><BR>
>I recently engaged this exact problem exc. with a WinXP machine. How i<BR>
>solved it was to grab the IP/dns server addresses by hand from the WinXP<BR>
>machine and enter them statically to the linux box. This can be done<BR>
>because you are getting a static address anyways, the DHCP server is<BR>
>just a formality to make things easier.<BR>
><BR>
>Just enter the ip addy, subnet and the gateway manually, then add the<BR>
>dns servers to /etc/resolv.conf then powerdown the modem then power it<BR>
>back up (not from the soft shutdown button on the top of the modem, just<BR>
>pull the plug and put it back in) and you should be set.<BR>
><BR>
>This is what i had to do, given you are having the same issue as i had,<BR>
>i suspect this should resolve your problem.<BR>
><BR>
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Hi Aaron<BR>
I already did what you just described and it works.<BR>
Does this mean there is no way to setup dhcp client ? <BR>
Doesn't appeal that something is possible in stupid windows<BR>
and not in linux .. hmmm<BR>
Regards<BR>
Srini<BR>
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