Florin Grad wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> anyone managed to install/use the dhcp-3* packages with a token ring
> network ?
> --
> Florin http://www.linux-mandrake.com
Hi Florin,
maybe you can remember on my discussion about dhcp and TR a few weeks
ago.
I just tryed the dhcp-3* from contrib now and here my experiences:
from init:
Bringing up interface eth0: cardmgr[3217]: + Determining
IP information for tr0 via dhclient...Internet Software
Consortium DHCP Client V3.0b2pl11
cardmgr[3217]: + All rights reserved.
cardmgr[3217]: +
tr0: Initial interrupt : 16 Mbps, shared RAM base 000d4000.
tr0: Opend adapter: Xmit bfrs: 2 X 2048, Rcv bfrs: 16 X 1032
tr0: Adapter initialized and opened.
tr0: Setting functional address: 00 00 00 00
tr0: Setting functional address: 00 00 00 00
from syslog:
Dec 6 11:42:36 mumpel network: Setting network parameters: succeeded
Dec 6 11:42:36 mumpel cardmgr[3217]: initializing socket 0 <30>Dec
6 11:42:36 cardmgr[3217]: socket 0: IBM Token Ring Adapter
Dec 6 11:42:36 mumpel cardmgr[3217]: executing: './network start tr0'
Dec 6 11:42:36 mumpel ifup: SIOCADDRT: Network is unreachable
Dec 6 11:42:36 mumpel network: Bringing up interface lo: succeeded
Dec 6 11:42:36 mumpel dhclient: Internet Software Consortium DHCP
Client V3.0b2
pl11
Dec 6 11:42:36 mumpel cardmgr[3217]: + Copyright 1995-2000 Internet
Software Co
nsortium.
Dec 6 11:42:36 mumpel dhclient: All rights reserved.
Dec 6 11:42:36 mumpel cardmgr[3217]: + For info, please visit
http://www.isc.or
g/products/DHCP
Dec 6 11:42:36 mumpel dhclient:
Dec 6 11:42:36 mumpel modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module
Dec 6 11:42:40 mumpel ifup: Delaying eth0 initialization.
Dec 6 11:42:40 mumpel network: Bringing up interface eth0: failed
Dec 6 11:42:41 mumpel modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module
Dec 6 11:42:41 mumpel cardmgr[3217]: + Listening on
LPF/tr0/00:20:35:c0:da:1d
Dec 6 11:42:41 mumpel dhclient: Sending on LPF/tr0/00:20:35:c0:da:1d
Dec 6 11:42:41 mumpel cardmgr[3217]: + Sending on Socket/fallback
Dec 6 11:42:41 mumpel dhclient: DHCPREQUEST on tr0 to 255.255.255.255
port 67
Dec 6 11:42:41 mumpel cardmgr[3217]: + DHCPACK from 9.165.160.2
Dec 6 11:42:41 mumpel dhclient: bound to 9.165.172.28 -- renewal in
34050 secon
ds.
Dec 6 11:42:41 mumpel cardmgr[3217]: + done.
Dec 6 11:42:43 mumpel portmap: portmap startup succeeded
[root@mumpel /root]# ifconfig
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:3924 Metric:1
RX packets:112 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:112 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
tr0 Link encap:16/4 Mbps Token Ring HWaddr 00:20:35:C0:DA:1D
inet addr:9.165.172.28 Bcast:9.165.175.255
Mask:255.255.240.0
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:2000 Metric:1
RX packets:665 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:63 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:100
Interrupt:9 Base address:0xa20 Memory:d4000-d7fff
[root@mumpel /root]# ping 9.165.172.28
PING 9.165.172.28 (9.165.172.28): 56 octets data
64 octets from 9.165.172.28: icmp_seq=0 ttl=255 time=0.2 ms
64 octets from 9.165.172.28: icmp_seq=1 ttl=255 time=0.0 ms
64 octets from 9.165.172.28: icmp_seq=2 ttl=255 time=0.0 ms
--- 9.165.172.28 ping statistics ---
3 packets transmitted, 3 packets received, 0% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max = 0.0/0.0/0.2 ms
[root@mumpel /root]# ping 9.165.160.93
PING 9.165.160.93 (9.165.160.93): 56 octets data
--- 9.165.160.93 ping statistics ---
35 packets transmitted, 0 packets received, 100% packet loss
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Always the old already discussed problem with dhcp.
Result: I go back to pump, this works without problems (currently).
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Udo
