DHCP failing in FC1
Steve Waggitt
steve.m.waggitt at ntlworld.com
Fri Feb 27 00:18:21 UTC 2004
Manuel Carro wrote:
> I have installed FC1 + updates, and it seems that the scripts to
>start up the network are somewhat broken (both in 7.42.1 and
>7.42.2-1). After defining a DHCP interface, starting it up fails:
>
>$ ifup DHCP
>Determining IP information for eth0:3.../sbin/dhclient-script: configuration eth0:3 for eth0:3 not found.
>
>The same happens when trying to use the graphical tool. The
>configuration file ifcfg-DHCP is in place, and it looks right. I
>tried to trace the problem and it is apparently some mismatch between
>/sbin/ifup and /sbin/dhclient-script regarding the name of the
>configuration file for the interface. Any hint?
>
>
>
Hi,
I had a similar problem connecting FC1 to my set-top-box, the solution
was to add the line
ifconfig eth0 up
to the /etc/init.d/network script at the beginning. It works OK now.
Hope this helps.
Steve.
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