Hello,

I just built a new MDK 7.1 machine to use as a Masq box.
Tried it on my DSL modem, and for some reason, DHCP doesn't
seem to work.  Everything works fine if I manually set the 
IP address, but I should be able to use DHCP.. I am using 
DHCP on a MDK 6.1 system with the same DSL modem, so I know 
the DSL is ok.

The only things that might be "strange" about this box are:

1. When I installed Mandrake, I didn't have any ethernet 
cards.  Configured them later.

2. This is not a pentium system, but a Cyrix 586 -120 chip 
(the super-charged 486 type chip, not their pentium clone).

3. I didn't install very many packages, in an effort to 
cut down on HD usage.  

I do however have dhcpcd and dhclient
installed.  Both of them try, as I see data going out to 
the modem to attempt to get a dhcp packet, but it never 
seems to get what it wants.

I can send and receive data on the interface (using the 
same box right now to send this email) when the nic is
set for PROTOCOL="none", so I know data is ok.

What is going on?

Bob

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