I'm pretty sure that I'm using dhclient, that's what gets installed by default, right?
Actually thanks for you help guys, but recompiling the kernel isn't that important... I guess I can keep the default one until I figure out what I'm doing wrong. Thanks again, Yury > On Tue, 2002-04-09 at 08:22, Crispin Wellington wrote: > > On Tue, 2002-04-09 at 11:49, Yury Sulsky wrote: > > > Crispin, thanks for replying. > > > > > > I checked "dmesg | grep tulip" and "dmesg | grep eth0", and the returned > > > lines looked the same as what I got with the default kernel. Besides, > > > wouldn't "ifconfig -a" not find eth0 if the tulip driver wasn't working? > > > > yes. true. > > > > > I also installed the dhcping package, which checks to see if DHCP is > > > working, and while it worked with the default kernel, there was no response > > > in the recompiled one. > > > > > > I've attached the config file for the kernel like you asked - you're > > > probably right in saying it's the config file, since I'm pretty new at this > > > and so had almost no clue what I was choosing when I configured it. > > > > It looks fine to me. Perhaps theres some obscure parameter that needs to > > be set that DHCP uses internally. Perhaps someone else knows exactly > > what? Somebody? Somebody? Bueller? > > > > What errors if any does DHCP give you? Can you run it under strace and > > see what its doing, or is it just silently (not) running? > > Is it just DHCP that doesn't work or is there other bits of the network > that are not working. Try using ifconfig to set an address and netmask > and to bring the interface up - then try pinging that interface. If this > works, the network driver should be working fine. > > What client are you using - i remember a little while ago that a client > that worked on 2.2 doesnt work on 2.4. I use dhclient and that works > fine. pump is also supposed to work fine. > > HTH, > > > Shri > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Shri Shrikumar U R Byte Solutions > I.T. Consultant 23 McDonald Road Tel: (0131) 558 9990 > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Edinburgh EH7 4LX Web: www.urbyte.com > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
