Cable Modem - How-to DHCP ?
 

:( Hi out there.

I need a quick fix or a good doc on how to setup an internet link via the SB4200E cable-modem and DHCP.

I managed to get the network interface eth0 up and running (ifconfig says it's OK) BUT I can't have DHCP working.

Thanks in advance.

netconfig -d eth0

I'm on Debian Woody
 

netconfig is unfortunaly a command not found ! :(

I really need this link as I'v got pb with glic2.3.2, still no X running, and it's a real pain rebooting into W..suCks doing search on the Net and getting back to Woody again.

Thanx

I think in debian is:

dhcpcd -t 10 -d eth0

or try 'linuxconf'

or:
http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/mini/DHCP/index.html

One must work to set dhcp to your nic

Actually, I already checked the following http://packages.debian.org/stable/net/dhcp-client.html and installed it but it didn't change anything.

Before that, I checked the mini-HOWTO you mention but the link http://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/s...nary-i386/net/ they provide for Debian is broken :(

But I gonna try what you just said. See you after a few reboots ;)

The dhcpd service seems running .... (could stop/start it)

But then again, I can't ping a host on the Net.

Seems the pb come from the dhcpd.conf file because it uses bogus fields. How should I config it ?

First, were you able to get an IP by DHCP??

Still lost with that DHCP pb.

There's no inet addr value at all for eth0 in the ifconfig output !!!

State of the pb NOW !
 

ifconfig says lo & eth0 are there. Unfortunately, eth0 didn't get any IP address at all.

I think the pb come from my conf files. But I don't know which ones !

As for now, I checked /etc/network/interfaces. It's written as follows :
#begin
auto lo eth0

iface lo inet loopback

iface eth0 inet dhcp
hostname myfakehost
#end

/etc/resolv.conf is as follows :
#begin
search myfai.net
nameserver xxx.xxx1
nameserver xxx.xxx2
#end

During install, I set the box as myfakehost.myfakedomain.net. Maybe I should remove that setting but in which conf file are they set?

I also have the FAI's DHCP server IP address. Where can I tell it to my dhcp client ??

Now, any other file I should check ??

Thnks for all the help guys!

I've never used Debian, but in Red Hat you can set your hostname by editing /etc/sysconfig/network

Anyway I don't think that's the problem.... Is there any way that you could get the values you need (IP, gateway, DNS's, etc)? If you have a dual boot with windoze or maybe setting up your cable modem at other PC?

This is just to try entering the settings manually to see if it works...

Thnx for ur help, Angelrod.

Ok, I have all the needed info for the connection (from W...suCks). Apparently, I never changed IP from the beginning.

I've already tried ifconfig eth0 xxx.allocated-ip.xxx but couldn't ping externally! What else should I do to get it working if we suppose that the IP won't change any time soon?

edit the /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 to your liking, then reboot the linux machine.

Thx hakcenter.

Does ur hack work for the static IP case or the DHCP one ?

Hi, guys !!!!

Still not working. The file you mention, hakcenter, isn't anywhere to be found on Woody.

Who knows all the files that dhcp-client needs in order to work ????

Really getting worse !
 

Isn't there ANY knowledgeable person on this website ???

Given the number of times this DHCP problem comes back here, still nobody with the solution ???