On Fri, 2003-09-12 at 14:56, ThanhVu Nguyen wrote: > Can anyone gets the Broadcom's nic in the i5100 works with DHCP ? It > runs fine on static ip but it just timed out when requesting dhcp, it > can't reach the router. And there's nothing wrong with my router running > as a dhcp server because all my other machines, all run Debian, can dhcp > request fine. > > > So if anyone could get this nic works w/ dhcp then there's something > wrong w/ my linux setting on this particular machine, otherwise, that > means I have to go buy a pcmcia ethernet card. > > > > TIA, > > > ThanhVu Nguyen
I think we have the same Broadcom ethernet in the Inspiron 1100, a BCM4400 chip. There are two drivers available for the card, the stable ones from Broadcom (module bcm4400) and the kernel one (module b44 - still under development). I was using the in kernel one for a while, but couldn't get it to work when disconnecting-reconnecting to ethernet with DHCP. The driver would not be able to retrieve an IP address after a disconnect-reconnect. I have since moved back to the official Broadcom driver, which works flawlessly. What kernel are you using and are you using the in-kernel driver? Damien -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Using Linux on the Inspiron 1100: http://geocities.com/randomnumbergenerator2001/ *regularly updated*
