Hi

I just installed RH7.1 as part of ClarkConnects cool package. Problem being, when the machine boots, it sends the dhcp request, receives a reply with an IP but says something like 'No RoutersOnSubnet option received with reply'. It then proceeds to keep requesting dhcp every few seconds until the process is killed (by me).

Any ideas?

Which DHCP client are you using?

Are you trying to connect to an ISP? Is it a cable modem or DSL?

It should be the default Dhcp client installed with RedHat, can't tell cause I not at the machine at the moment. I'm connecting to a cable modem.

My ISP is @home I added the

"-h myhostname"

below for PUMPARGS= ,
put in the cc-xxx name that they use to identify you.



ifup file section
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if [ -n "${DYNCONFIG}" ]; then
PUMPARGS="-h myhostname"
DHCPCDARGS=
if [ -n "${DHCP_HOSTNAME}" ]; then
PUMPARGS="-h ${DHCP_HOSTNAME}"
DHCPCDARGS="-h ${DHCP_HOSTNAME}"
fi
if [ -n "${NEEDHOSTNAME}" ]; then
PUMPARGS="${PUMPARGS} --lookup-hostname"
DHCPCDARGS="${DHCPCDARGS} -H"
fi
if [ "${PEERDNS}" = "no" ]; then
PUMPARGS="${PUMPARGS} -d"
DHCPCDARGS="${DHCPCDARGS} -R"
fi
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netcfg needs to be set up for that interface with no ip, no gateway, no dns, no hosts, no domainname. Your resolv.conf will be overwritten.

this all got put in by my isp

test it with pump first if you want.

pump -h myhostname

then ifconfig

see if you have eth0 with an ipaddress

after editing the ifup file run it

ifup eth0

if this don't work try the link for different isp setups

http://otsys.myip.org:8080/howto/Cable-Modem.html

The DavidPhillips replacements will work, but there is a somewhat more elegant ( and straightforward ) fix.

I also use @home as my ISP and was able to connect by adding the following line to my ifcfg-eth0 file:

DHCP_HOSTNAME=CX999999-A

where CX999999-A is the name that @home uses to identify you.

With this fix, no modifications to ifup are necessary. (This fix also presumes that you have configured your installation to use dhcp.)