Chris -- try giving eth0 an IP address. I *think* that *may* have helped me.
Also, replace dhcpcd with dhcp-client-beta. See what that does. :) Try that one first. :) On Mon, Sep 27, 1999 at 12:33:06PM -0400, Chris Ruvolo wrote: > Hello all.. > > I have a slink box up and running pretty well with the exception of > dhcp. The purpose of this box is to act as a masquerader / gateway between > our lan and our cable modem. > > I originally thought it might be a hardware problem, but I was able to > switch which NIC was configured for our lan without any problem. In the > process I found that I could make the error appear with eth0 or eth1. I > also upgraded to the potato version of dhcpcd, but that didn't help either. > > I was able to find a bug listed with the Debian bug tracking system that > mentions this error. The author claims it is a problem with pcmcia and > ipmasq. However, this machine has no pcmcia devices or controller (not a > laptop). The solution given is to "recompile kernel without IP masq," > which is not really an option for this machine. That bug can be found at: > http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/36/36746.html > > The only other thing I can think of is try to upgrade my kernel to 2.2.x, > but that brings in some other problems, and I am totally unsure if it will > work. > > I really need some advice here. Any comments are welcome. Thanks. > > Perhaps these logs can explain more: > > > > Script started on Mon Sep 27 11:55:49 1999 > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# uname -r > > 2.0.38 > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# ifconfig > > lo Link encap:Local Loopback > inet addr:127.0.0.1 Bcast:127.255.255.255 Mask:255.0.0.0 > UP BROADCAST LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:3584 Metric:1 > RX packets:6 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 > TX packets:6 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 > Collisions:0 > > eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:A0:24:0C:E1:4F > inet addr:192.168.0.103 Bcast:192.168.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 > UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 > RX packets:18 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 > TX packets:10 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 > Collisions:0 > Interrupt:11 Base address:0x210 > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# ifconfig -a > > lo Link encap:Local Loopback > inet addr:127.0.0.1 Bcast:127.255.255.255 Mask:255.0.0.0 > UP BROADCAST LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:3584 Metric:1 > RX packets:6 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 > TX packets:6 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 > Collisions:0 > > eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:40:05:1E:93:93 > inet addr:0.0.0.0 Bcast:0.0.0.0 Mask:0.0.0.0 > BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 > RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 > TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 > Collisions:0 > Interrupt:9 Base address:0x240 > > eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:A0:24:0C:E1:4F > inet addr:192.168.0.103 Bcast:192.168.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 > UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 > RX packets:18 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 > TX packets:10 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 > Collisions:0 > Interrupt:11 Base address:0x210 > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# route -n > > Kernel IP routing table > Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface > 192.168.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 1 eth1 > 127.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 1 lo > 0.0.0.0 192.168.0.3 0.0.0.0 UG 1 0 4 eth1 > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# cat /etc/dhcpc/config > > # List here the interface that the dhcpcd daemon should use. > # The default is to assign an IP address to eth0. > # If you want to disable the daemon, enter "none" here. > #IFACE=eth1 > IFACE=none > #IFACE=eth0 > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# which dhcpcd > > /usr/sbin/dhcpcd > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# dpkg -s dhcpcd > > Package: dhcpcd > Status: install ok installed > Priority: optional > Section: net > Installed-Size: 92 > Maintainer: Steve Dunham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Version: 1:1.3.17pl2-1 > Replaces: dhcpcd-sv > Depends: libc6 > Conflicts: dhcpcd-sv > Conffiles: > /etc/init.d/dhcpcd 104011682dfe1f96c6dba2023919c5c5 > Description: DHCP client for automatically configuring IPv4 networking > This package contains both the 0.70 and 1.3.x version of dhcpcd and > should work with any Linux kernel. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# ls -l /usr/sbin/dh* > > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 25204 Jan 23 1999 /usr/sbin/dhcpcd* > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 21124 Jan 23 1999 /usr/sbin/dhcpcd-sv* > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# md5sum /usr/sbin/dhcpcd > > b951619d123e5bf8286f77812e2318e1 /usr/sbin/dhcpcd > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# dhcpcd -d eth0 > > sendto (init): Operation not permitted > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# ifconfig > > lo Link encap:Local Loopback > inet addr:127.0.0.1 Bcast:127.255.255.255 Mask:255.0.0.0 > UP BROADCAST LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:3584 Metric:1 > RX packets:6 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 > TX packets:6 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 > Collisions:0 > > eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:40:05:1E:93:93 > inet addr:0.0.0.0 Bcast:255.255.255.255 Mask:0.0.0.0 > UP BROADCAST NOTRAILERS RUNNING MTU:1500 Metric:1 > RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 > TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 > Collisions:0 > Interrupt:9 Base address:0x240 > > eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:A0:24:0C:E1:4F > inet addr:192.168.0.103 Bcast:192.168.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 > UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 > RX packets:34 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 > TX packets:16 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 > Collisions:0 > Interrupt:11 Base address:0x210 > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# route -n > > Kernel IP routing table > Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface > 255.255.255.255 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 U 0 0 1 eth0 > 192.168.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 1 eth1 > 127.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 1 lo > 0.0.0.0 192.168.0.3 0.0.0.0 UG 1 0 4 eth1 > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# dmesg | grep eth > > NE*000 ethercard probe at 0x240: 00 40 05 1e 93 93 > eth0: NE2000 found at 0x240, using IRQ 9. > eth1: 3c509 at 0x210 tag 1, 10baseT port, address 00 a0 24 0c e1 4f, IRQ 11. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# exit > > exit > Script done on Mon Sep 27 12:00:40 1999 > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null -- Seth Arnold | http://www.willamette.edu/~sarnold/ Hate spam? 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