Re: [gentoo-user] DHCP and Problematic IP addreses

2006-01-22 Thread Matthias Bethke
Hi Ow, on Wednesday, 2006-01-18 at 09:22:06, you wrote: > > you have a DHCP server you don't control (@work?) > > Yes. > > and it's not giving > > you the IP you want but something else---"abd" in what way? > > it's giving me an IP, just not a good One. (upstream connection is bad) Well, what e

Re: [gentoo-user] DHCP and Problematic IP addreses

2006-01-17 Thread Ow Mun Heng
On Tue, 2006-01-17 at 19:01 -0700, Richard Fish wrote: > On 1/17/06, Ow Mun Heng <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > But the problems you describe sound like some other device on the > > > network has the same address as your PC. > > > > I think it's more like too much broadcast or problematic Switch/

Re: [gentoo-user] DHCP and Problematic IP addreses

2006-01-17 Thread Richard Fish
On 1/17/06, Ow Mun Heng <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > But the problems you describe sound like some other device on the > > network has the same address as your PC. > > I think it's more like too much broadcast or problematic Switch/hub > etc?? I don't knwo If it was a switch problem, it should n

Re: [gentoo-user] DHCP and Problematic IP addreses

2006-01-17 Thread Ow Mun Heng
On Tue, 2006-01-17 at 12:01 +0100, Matthias Bethke wrote: > Hi Ow, > on Tuesday, 2006-01-17 at 13:22:06, you wrote: > > I have a problem in which the DHCP server assigns a Bad IP address to > > me. (miss pings, long delays etc..) > > > > Short of waiting close 24 hours (and hoping that that addr

Re: [gentoo-user] DHCP and Problematic IP addreses

2006-01-17 Thread Ow Mun Heng
On Tue, 2006-01-17 at 07:53 -0700, Richard Fish wrote: > On 1/16/06, Ow Mun Heng <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Googling with "gentoo + dhclient.conf" and "dhcp + reject ip addreses" > > doesn't give me any good leads. > > > > I have a problem in which the DHCP server assigns a Bad IP address to >

Re: [gentoo-user] DHCP and Problematic IP addreses

2006-01-17 Thread Richard Fish
On 1/16/06, Ow Mun Heng <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Googling with "gentoo + dhclient.conf" and "dhcp + reject ip addreses" > doesn't give me any good leads. > > I have a problem in which the DHCP server assigns a Bad IP address to > me. (miss pings, long delays etc..) I have tried various means t

Re: [gentoo-user] DHCP and Problematic IP addreses

2006-01-17 Thread Matthias Bethke
Hi Ow, on Tuesday, 2006-01-17 at 13:22:06, you wrote: > I have a problem in which the DHCP server assigns a Bad IP address to > me. (miss pings, long delays etc..) I have tried various means to get a > new IP but it's not giving it to me since the DHCP has bonded it self to > my PCMCIA NIC's MAC A

Re: [gentoo-user] DHCP and Problematic IP addreses

2006-01-17 Thread Ow Mun Heng
On Tue, 2006-01-17 at 12:11 +, Mattias Merilai wrote: > Ow Mun Heng wrote: > > >Googling with "gentoo + dhclient.conf" and "dhcp + reject ip addreses" > >doesn't give me any good leads. > > > >I have a problem in which the DHCP server assigns a Bad IP address to > >me. (miss pings, long delays

Re: [gentoo-user] DHCP and Problematic IP addreses

2006-01-17 Thread Mattias Merilai
Ow Mun Heng wrote: Googling with "gentoo + dhclient.conf" and "dhcp + reject ip addreses" doesn't give me any good leads. I have a problem in which the DHCP server assigns a Bad IP address to me. (miss pings, long delays etc..) I have tried various means to get a new IP but it's not giving it

[gentoo-user] DHCP and Problematic IP addreses

2006-01-16 Thread Ow Mun Heng
Googling with "gentoo + dhclient.conf" and "dhcp + reject ip addreses" doesn't give me any good leads. I have a problem in which the DHCP server assigns a Bad IP address to me. (miss pings, long delays etc..) I have tried various means to get a new IP but it's not giving it to me since the DHCP h