How do I set up DHCP in order to upgrade the software on my router?

[Colin Paul Adams]

>>>>> "Tim" == Tim  <ignored_mailbox at yahoo.com.au> writes:

    Tim> On Tue, 2010-12-28 at 17:10 +0000, Colin Paul Adams wrote:
    >> But then NetworkManager resets the ethernet port, and we go round
    >> and round (very slowly).

    Tim> Where does NetworkManager usually get your address from?
    Tim> Another DHCP server on the LAN?  That might be a bit of a
    Tim> problem, in itself.

No. It's a static IP-address and it's hard-coded in
/etc/sysconfig/networking/devices/ifcfg-eth0

    Tim> Try: service NetworkManager stop service network start

I did that.

    Tim> Then manually bring up your ethernet and tell it what address
    Tim> to use.  e.g. ifup eth0 192.168.1.1

No need for that step (?), as network brings it up automatically.

But this just cuts out the noise from NetworkManager, I think. So now I
get the bare-bones of the loop in syslog:

Dec 29 08:44:30 susannah kernel: [251002.713374] e1000e 0000:06:00.0: eth0: Reset adapter
Dec 29 08:44:39 susannah kernel: [251011.985405] e1000e: eth0 NIC Link is Up 100 Mbps Full Duplex, Flow Control: None
Dec 29 08:44:39 susannah kernel: [251011.985409] e1000e 0000:06:00.0: eth0: 10/100 speed: disabling TSO
Dec 29 08:44:40 susannah dhcpd: BOOTREQUEST from 00:14:7f:f8:83:dd via eth0
Dec 29 08:44:40 susannah dhcpd: BOOTREPLY for 192.168.254.254 to myrouter (00:14:7f:f8:83:dd) via eth0
Dec 29 08:44:50 susannah kernel: [251022.871241] e1000e: eth0 NIC Link is Down
Dec 29 08:44:50 susannah kernel: [251022.872351] e1000e 0000:06:00.0:eth0: Reset adapter

which just repeats until I reset the router. I guess the router just
doesn't like what it's getting.
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Colin Adams
Preston Lancashire
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