I'm not sure if this would help any, but I usually use pump instead of dhcp-client. My ISP has a whole bunch of different IP blocks, and it's strange. If I use dhcp-client (dhclient), I get IP blocks like 207.x.x.x, and if I use pump instead of dhcp-client, I get 64.x.x.x. When I get an IP in the 207.x.x.x range, I get horrible routing problems, my IP doesn't resolve to any hostname, traceroutes almost always die on the sites I need to get to. Maybe try pump, apt-cache search dhcp as well. After installing pump, just run pump -i eth0, and see if it works and read the man page. I'm not sure about diagnosing it though, maybe someone else could help
Cya On Mon, Jun 24, 2002 at 05:02:27PM -0500, Alex Roitman wrote: > Hello, > > I had my home system on a cable modem with AT&T Broadband > as a provider for about a year. Everything worked perfectly > well, until about a week ago they must have switched the > DHCP server. Now my dhclient gets no DHCPOFFERS at all!!! > > I also happen to have a working WinNT installation on the > same box. Mysteriously, it has no troubles connecting to > DHCP server and obtaining a lease. Unfortunately, I don't > know how to get more DHCP details from NT. > > If I get the IP number, the gateway, etc. as obtained > by NT and use it to statically configure the newtork > under Debian then everything works fine. > However, it is hardly a proper way to configure a > dynamic host :-( > > I have been using dhcp-client all this time and I > did not change anything when they switched the server. > Since it stopped working, I also tried dhcp3-client with > no success either. > > It seems to me that the server either gives out buggy > messages (with which NT client copes up), or that the server > requires some identification (which NT client possesses). > > I would be most grateful if someone taught me how to diagnose > the problem. For example, how do I find out the exact strings > my NT client sends/receives? > > Trying Debian dhcping produces no response from server, > so I favor the latter hypothesis (identification). > > Please help! > Any feedback is greatly appreciated. > > Alex > > -- > Alexander Roitman > Dept. of Neuroscience, Lions Research Building > 2001 6th Street SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455 > Tel (612) 626-7280 FAX (612) 626-9201 > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]