On Thu, Nov 01, 2007 at 01:08:16PM -0700, David Whitney wrote: > Can someone please advise me if I have perchance missed a critical step in > my system's configuration? The post I created within LinuxQuestions.org can > be viewed here: > http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-newbie-8/cannot-acquire-dhcp-ip-address-from-router-596148 > . I can't access that - it drops me at linux-newbie-8/ and I didn't notice any relevant topic. Actually, linux-newbie doesn't sound like a good place to post LFS, let alone, clfs, problems. > > To summarize the post, my network interface is detected, the appropriate > Linux kernel module is loaded, and I can configure the interface manually > using ifconfig, yet I am unable to ping any system or even the router within > my local network.
Now, recent udev has supplied its own version of 'ifconfig', and for all I know it _might_ work, but 'ifconfig' hasn't been the recommended way of setting an address in LFS-family builds for some years. In the old stable book, the basics are in 'Creating Network Interface Configuration Files' (11.14.2 in the arch I happen to be looking at, probably the same in all arches, and probably the same in the development book). > > If you have any suggestions as to where I should focus my efforts to resolve > this issue, please let me know. > > Thank you. > > Dave > > P.S. I have tried using a static-IP configuration as documented in CLFS, > however that does not function either. So, what doesn't work, and why do you think you should be using dhclient ? Hints - you may need to describe your network, at least in terms of the gateway, any dhcp server(s) you have. For instance, my network runs on 192.168.x.0 (there is no need to specify the full detail, as long as 'x' is a constant) and my server offers addresses in the range 192.168.x.120 to 192.168.x.129 which means I know that addresses below and above the 12n range are not offered - in practice, my server and one or two other boxes use/used static addresses - for your own network, you need to keep the details! For a static local IP (which is usually easiest, unless all your addresses come from a router) you have to know that the address you pick is currently unique, and compatible with the gateway. If you have been running a distro on the box that is running clfs, the usual procedure is to take the settings from that. If you used a Live CD, and you managed to get connectivity from that, again copy the settings. FWIW, I use dhcp-3.0.5 on my current desktops, with the appropriate patch. ĸen -- das eine Mal als Tragödie, das andere Mal als Farce _______________________________________________ Clfs-support mailing list Clfs-support@lists.cross-lfs.org http://lists.cross-lfs.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/clfs-support
