Sorry it took so long, but I've finally made that change. It will go
into the next release of Debian (lenny).
oldsys-preseed (2.0) unstable; urgency=low
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* Use a static IP address when the configuration says so, even when
this is the default value used by the original firmware. In
A simple workaround for people having problem with this. Wait to
plug-in the network cable until the slug finished booting. It will
fail to get a dhcp address and will fallback to static ip.
Greets
On Jan 8, 2008 7:49 PM, Mike (mwester) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
So, basically even though the
So, basically even though the user has specified a static IP, the unit
DHCP's anyway. Considering that a well-behaved DHCP server will probe the
active addresses, it's *guaranteed* that not even by accident will the NSLU2
get the static IP that the user set. Hence the device is lost on the
Whenever the NSLU2 is set to a static IP of 192.168.1.77, and then flashed
it with the debian installer image, it is requesting an IP addresses from
DHCP erroneously. Ie it is not following the static ip address (which is the
Linksys default). Set to 192.168.1.78, and it uses the static IP address
Sam Reed wrote:
Whenever the NSLU2 is set to a static IP of 192.168.1.77, and then
flashed it with the debian installer image, it is requesting an IP
addresses from DHCP erroneously. Ie it is not following the static ip
address (which is the Linksys default). Set to 192.168.1.78, and it uses
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Subject: Re: NSLU2 Debian Installer Erroneous asking for an IP address
Sam Reed wrote:
Whenever the NSLU2 is set to a static IP of 192.168.1.77, and then
flashed it with the debian installer image, it is requesting an IP
addresses from DHCP erroneously. Ie it is not following the static ip
* Rod Whitby [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2008-01-08 10:03]:
Whenever the NSLU2 is set to a static IP of 192.168.1.77, and then
flashed it with the debian installer image, it is requesting an IP
addresses from DHCP erroneously. Ie it is not following the static ip
address (which is the Linksys
* Sam Reed [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2008-01-07 23:57]:
I did wonder that, but can't remember if I suggested it in the IRC channel
Not sure if it's actually noted anywhere then...
I was going to say it's documented in my install guide, but I just
read it again and it's not clear. I'll clarify it
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