On Wed 24 May 06, 4:47 PM, Tim Riley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > Hello Linux Gurus: > > I'm trying to connect to Comcast's portal to the Internet > but without success. > > Comcast uses Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) > to assign my IP address dynamically, and it works fine on > Windows ME. > > However, on Linux the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol > Client Daemon (dhcpcd) runs without error, but I fail to > get an IP address. Here's the output in debug mode: > > sunset:/home/timriley# dhcpcd -d eth0 > dhcpcd: MAC address = 00:0c:6e:ce:34:96 > > Here's the output in the error messages file: > May 24 13:45:48 localhost kernel: eth0: Media Link On 100mbps > full-duplex > > Here's the result of the IP interface configuration program: > > sunset:/home/timriley# ifconfig eth0 > eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0C:6E:CE:34:96 > BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 > RX packets:2680 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 > TX packets:27 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 > collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 > RX bytes:161364 (157.5 KiB) TX bytes:8214 (8.0 KiB) > Interrupt:217 Base address:0x9800 > > Notice there's no "inet addr:a.b.c.d" entry. Moreover, my > browser can't locate any sites. However, packets are coming > in and going out -- notice 2680 received and 27 sent. > > -- > Tim Riley
i assume you looked for debug messages in /var/logs? strace? just an idea: try dhclient. i used to use it with comcast cable when i lived in california. if nothing else, maybe its debug message will be a little bit more helpful than dhcpcd. pete _______________________________________________ vox-tech mailing list [email protected] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
