On Monday 13 January 2003 07:21 am, Andrew Perrin wrote: > I'm moving to a DHCP arrangement for my home network. I've set up the DHCP > server, and it responds appropriately to requests from two of the three > other computers on the network (one debian, one WinXP). From the other > debian computer on the network, it responds if I manually do: > > pump -i eth0 > > but on startup it doesn't obtain an address. Therfore, of course, > services depending on the address (openAFS, NFS mounts) don't start > either. > > Here's /etc/network/interfaces: > --- > # /etc/network/interfaces -- configuration file for ifup(8), ifdown(8) > > # The loopback interface > auto lo > iface lo inet loopback > > # The first network card - this entry was created during the Debian > installation > # (network, broadcast and gateway are optional) > auto eth0 > iface eth0 inet dhcp > --- > > and here's some more diagnostic information: > > joehill:/var/log# /etc/init.d/openafs-client start > ping: unknown host isis.unc.edu > joehill:/var/log# ifconfig > eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:20:ED:46:5A:E4 > UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 > RX packets:2 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 > TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 > collisions:0 txqueuelen:100 > RX bytes:152 (152.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b) > Interrupt:11 > > lo Link encap:Local Loopback > inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 > UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1 > RX packets:24 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 > TX packets:24 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 > collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 > RX bytes:1648 (1.6 KiB) TX bytes:1648 (1.6 KiB) > > joehill:/var/log# pump -i eth0 > joehill:/var/log# ifconfig > eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:20:ED:46:5A:E4 > inet addr:192.168.0.14 Bcast:192.168.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 > UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 > RX packets:5 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 > TX packets:3 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 > collisions:0 txqueuelen:100 > RX bytes:1181 (1.1 KiB) TX bytes:1522 (1.4 KiB) > Interrupt:11 > > lo Link encap:Local Loopback > inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 > UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1 > RX packets:24 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 > TX packets:24 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 > collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 > RX bytes:1648 (1.6 KiB) TX bytes:1648 (1.6 KiB) > > joehill:/var/log# /etc/init.d/openafs-client start > PING isis.unc.edu (152.2.1.99): 56 data bytes > 64 bytes from 152.2.1.99: icmp_seq=0 ttl=240 time=24.4 ms > 64 bytes from 152.2.1.99: icmp_seq=1 ttl=240 time=23.5 ms > > --- isis.unc.edu ping statistics --- > 2 packets transmitted, 2 packets received, 0% packet loss > round-trip min/avg/max = 23.5/23.9/24.4 ms > Starting AFS services: afsd: All AFS daemons started. > afsd. > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Andrew J Perrin - http://www.unc.edu/~aperrin > Assistant Professor of Sociology, U of North Carolina, Chapel Hill > [EMAIL PROTECTED] * andrew_perrin (at) unc.edu
You can have this behavior if you do not have the following options enable in your kernel config file. Pump will work dhclient does not. # Networking options # CONFIG_PACKET=m snip CONFIG_FILTER=y -- Greg Madden -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
