can't get ip through dhcp after upgrade

[ketil hage]

Kevin Old wrote:

>On Wed, 10 Nov 2004 13:58:07 +0100, Alexander Apprich
><a.apprich at science-computing.de> wrote:
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>>Kevin Old wrote:
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>>>On Wed, 10 Nov 2004 11:15:52 +0100, Alexander Apprich
>>><a.apprich at science-computing.de> wrote:
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>>>>ketil hage wrote:
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>>>>>updated from fc2 to fc3 from cd's.
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>>>>>had some serious boot trouble after restart, but disable the nvidia module fixed
>>>>>that.
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>>>>>now i can't get eth0 to work.
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>>>>>(i had firestarter installed before upgrade).
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>>>>>here's what i found: When i set ip manually, the eth0 card get active, but
>>>>>nothing works, can't ping my gateway or anything else. it doesn't matter if
>>>>>firestarter is started or stopped. with ifconfig i see the right addresses
>>>>>configured.
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>>>>>when i try to use dhcp(i have a dhcp server)the card just get inactive.
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>>>>>it seems that there is something in my box blocking all contact to the lan.
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>>>>Have you tried using dhclient when eth0 was up?
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>>>Can you elaborate on "using dhclient"?  I'm having the same problem as
>>>Ketil with trying to connect to a network.
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>>Just execute dhclient, and if eth0 is up and a dhcp server is availible
>>eth0 get its network config assigned. Older RedHats < 8 used to have
>>pump which did allmost the same.
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>>If dhclient doesn't work it's probably because a firewall is blocking
>>DHCP.
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>Ok, it must be the firewall, but I have it disabled.  I've verified
>this by the "/sbin/service iptables status" which reports "Firewall is
>stopped".
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>Under "Security" (in the Gnome menu, not sure where) it shows that the
>firewall is disabled and SELinux is disabled.
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somehow i fixed it. i don't know how but i reinstalled the card, set it 
to use dhcp etc at least 10 times last night with no luck, booted fc3 
today and now its working like a charm. weird.... i can't explain what 
caused it.
brrrrr my box is haunted ;)

kh