[SOLVED] DHCPCD won't accept IP from wireless router

nalroff · 12-14-2009, 04:18 PM

I'm running Arch Linux.
When I run `dhcpcd eth0`, it gives me this:

Code:

dhcpcd: eth0: rebinding lease of 192.168.2.6
dhcpcd: eth0: broadcasting for a lease
dhcpcd: timed out

The weird thing is that, when I look at my router DHCP leases, the requested address is one of them. It's like the address response from the DHCP server in the router is not being received by the host. Any input is appreciated.

EDIT: I forgot to say that I'm hard-wired to the router. Sorry.

nalroff · 12-14-2009, 05:21 PM

Well I cleared the lease cache, but that didn't help. It's still dying after the broadcast. It's finding the carrier, but it's not pulling an address for some reason. It started this mess after doing some system updates, but I don't know what would have changed to cause this.

nimnull22 · 12-14-2009, 07:17 PM

Is there any firewall on your computer?

Are you sure that your router answer on dhcp request?

nalroff · 02-17-2010, 08:09 PM

I found out what the issue was. The problem was that VirtualBox was running a DHCP server of its own by default (bug, anyone?). When I disabled that, it worked flawlessly.