does you isp give out ip's based on mac address?
I have heard that certain isp will only doll out a ip to an mac
address it knows of....
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>
> (I know this more directly to Linux, not Mandrake)
>
> Has anyone come across a problem /w the Linksys 10/100 cards based on the PNIC chip,
>that is - not getting DHCP assigned addresses in Linux?
>
> The situation goes like this:
> I have a small home network, and I want that network to have access to my xDSL modem
>(via NAT). My Service provider automatically assigns me a DHCP IP number everytime I
>start the main computer.
>
> Every Linux distribution I've tried so far has not been able to negotiate a DHCP IP
>Address from my service provider. When I manually set the IP information (after
>extracting it from my dual-boot Windows), the card works and the internet work just
>fine.
>
> I remember following up on a post that the a version of the tulip/PNIC driver at one
>point did not support "auto-load" dhcp (or something like that).
>
> For the record, my xDSL modem is the "Netspeed SpeedRunner 202".
>
> Does anyone have more information on this? Any help would grearly appriciated.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Peter Verhagen
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