Did you enable CONFIG_PACKET and CONFIG_FILTER in your kernel? Without this, your system won't be able to use DHCP.
Pim > Pim Bliek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>... >> > Unfortunately the NICs don't get IP addresses from their respective >> > dhcp-servers, and if i give them those manually i cannot ping any >> > other PC in the LAN either. >> >> Did you add a default route? >> >> route add default gw <insert IP of ur gateway here> >> >> Net-HOWTO might come in handy too. >> >> Good luck! > > Hi Pim (and Roberto as well :) > > Thanx for your advide. No, I did not add a default route, but just for > pinging a machine in the same subnet (192.168.1.100 and 192.168.1.101) > there should be no need for a default route, right? > Under "normal" conditions (e.g. booting with the Debian CD) the NIC > receives IP and gateway (for internet access) info from the DHCP > server - it just does not work with my own compiled kernel and > modules. (But modules are loaded as i stated before.) > > thanx and ciao, > ~klemens > > > -- > 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]
