Marko Kocić wrote: > I noticed that in most cases after I boot to windows, when I reboot > back to linux I can't connect. > When I reboot back to windows, net is up. > > When it fails I noticed that it send DHCP requests, but doesn't get a > response. > > I tried dhclient, dhcpd and pump, and the results are allways the > same. It happens in the evenings, when internet traffic is high. > Try "ipconnect /release" before rebooting to linux.
Also I had a similar problem when I accidentally had two dhcp servers running in my home lan. A hair pulling two days. :-) I'd also suggest picking up a cheap non-wireless router (ex: linksys BEFSR41). This will help isolate your box from being dependent on your ISP's dhcp server. HTH, Roy -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
