I believe there is a limitation with the 2.0.X kernel which prevents dhcp from working if you have more than one ethernet card. There may be a work-around (other than upgrading your kernel and everything else) but I don't know what it might be. I'd search around on deja.com.
Richard Miles wrote: > > > our DHCP server to assign it's ip-address, DNS servers, netmask, etc. > Is > > > this possible? > > > > > > > Yes and exceptionally easy. Get the dhcpcd package (the beta for 2.2 > kernels). > > I have a question cencerning dhcp. Been running debian for about a month > or so. I am using a cable modem to access the net. When I first installed > dhcpcd (and now dhcpcd-sv) I only had one ethernet card installed. No > problems. Now I am using two, and even though they seem to be detected > correctly, and the modules being loaded, dhcpcd no longer detects my ip > address, and I cannot access the internet. I've checked my dhcpcd.conf and > it is set for eth0, which is the card that I have hooked to the cable modem. > If anyone has any ideas of what I can do to possibly troubleshoot this, I > would appreciate it. > I do know that everything is working correctly, because my network is > functioning fine under Windows. This is one of the last reasons that I even > have win installed, other than some games, and I definately want to correct > it. > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null -- Jens B. Jorgensen [EMAIL PROTECTED]
