Cable modem problem

[Srinivasan S]

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On Sat, 06 Mar 2004 Aaron Matteson wrote :
>Srinivasan S became daring and sent these 2.9K bytes,
> > Hi Folks
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > My setup :
> > eth0 - local n/w
> > eth1 - cable modem, set to request for DHCP
> > The error is that I do not get a client IP.
> > (This was the error I had previously also.)
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > Can someone help me on this now that I have been able to zero in that the only issue is setting up dhcp client.
>
>I recently engaged this exact problem exc. with a WinXP machine. How i
>solved it was to grab the IP/dns server addresses by hand from the WinXP
>machine and enter them statically to the linux box. This can be done
>because you are getting a static address anyways, the DHCP server is
>just a formality to make things easier.
>
>Just enter the ip addy, subnet and the gateway manually, then add the
>dns servers to /etc/resolv.conf then powerdown the modem then power it
>back up (not from the soft shutdown button on the top of the modem, just
>pull the plug and put it back in) and you should be set.
>
>This is what i had to do, given you are having the same issue as i had,
>i suspect this should resolve your problem.
>
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Hi Aaron
I already did what you just described and it works.
Does this mean there is no way to setup dhcp client ?  
Doesn't appeal that something is possible in stupid windows
and not in linux .. hmmm
Regards
Srini