> -----Original Message----- > From: Alan McKinnon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 14 March 2007 14:57 > To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > Subject: [gentoo-user] dhcpcd won't run at certain network points > > It's most > certainly a cabling issue, I can go to the server room and plug a > flylead into the *same*port* on the switch and it all works right. A > static ip isn't an easy option as I move between different > networks and > don't want to have to keep editing resolv.conf. I'm not allowed to do > my first reaction, which is to swap my outlet with a working one... > > tcpdump shows me this when I insert the network cable: > 16:11:06.855229 IP 0.0.0.0.bootpc > 255.255.255.255.bootps: > BOOTP/DHCP, > Request [|bootp] > repeated 6 more times then it times out > > With a static ip, I do get full bandwidth, error free, just like it > should be. So whatever this cabling issue is, it affects only bootp... >
Have you checked dmesg for any errors - both when trying DHCP and when using a static IP? Alternatively could you script something to try dhcp first and resort to static IP if that fails? Do you have any network cable testing toys that you could use to check all the cabling? -- djn I do not represent anyone else in emails I send to this list. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
