DHCP not running at boot up after upgrading to Lenny

virve · 10-11-2008, 01:41 PM

After upgrading to Lenny, I have to run dhclient manually after each boot. There is no sign of dhcp-stuff in /etc/init.d but I am not quite sure what to look for either.

I tried

Code:

dpkg-reconfigure dhcp3-client

for luck but no.

virve

jlinkels · 10-13-2008, 08:35 PM

/etc/init.d/dhcp is for the dhcp server. It has nothing to do with the client.

Check your /etc/network/interfaces. It should look like this:

Code:

# The primary network interface
auto eth0
iface eth0 inet dhcp

If eth0 is specified as allow-hotplug or so, replace by the lines above. Assuming you have eth0 of course.

Check also /var/log/syslog and /var/log/messages for 'eth0'. It might give you a clue why no dhcp address was obtained.

jlinkels