I think you need to read the howto for masquerading. If I remember correctly there is a specific line you need to add to your startup files (rc.firewall or rc.local) that allows dhcp to work. I used 7.1 on a laptop for a while as a firewall and it worked fine there. Tom Berkley "Bob Puff@NLE" wrote: > > 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 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: > Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
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