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Old 03-01-2007, 05:45 AM   #1
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problem with eth ... no dhcpoffers received ?


i have installed ubuntu 6.10 on a hp nx6110 laptop.
my main problem is my ethernet card sometimes does not work...very strange.

sometimes right after boot i have no network.
rebooting solves the problem *sometimes*
in other situations i have network after boot but after a few minutes the network is off again.

i am a slackware user, first time using ubuntu, so i tried the command line:
$ sudo dhclient
after some time i get: "no dhcpoffers received. no working leases in persistent database - sleeping"

any ideas?
thanks
 
Old 03-01-2007, 06:15 AM   #2
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I connected to a new network 2 days ago and I have the same problem as you.
That's an old problem, I already had it before with the same wireless network.
I'm running debian unstable so it could be the same.
You're not talking of wireless so it look like a conflict somewhere.

For me it works 1 time out of 20. I've never rebooted tho', can't be bothered.

I will look at this because it's annoying.

Meanwhile, I do the dhcp myself:
ifconfig eth2 192.168.1.20 up <--- set it to static .20
route add default gw 192.168.1.1 <--- that's the gateway to go outside
modify /etc/resolv.conf and add
nameserver 192.168.1.1 <--- dns server


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in other situations i have network after boot but after a few minutes the network is off again.
You mean sometimes you get disconnected?
This I don't have and that's far worse!
Try static and see if it stays longer

If anybody has idea on this, I'm interested too
 
Old 03-02-2007, 04:52 AM   #3
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yes the network gets disconnected, and i am not understanding why.
meanwhile i am solving this with:
$sudo killall dhclient3
&
$sudo dhclient 3 eth0

but i would like to try something more permanent...
 
Old 03-02-2007, 07:30 AM   #4
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Well, yesterday I tried for an hour to find the root cause of my problem ( we probably don't have the same but the same effect..)
I'm currently in a hotel and I'm not sure about their setup. I will continue testing when I get back there begginning of next week.
I was unable to get a dhcp offer during my complete test. Even worse than the days before.
Then I got fed up, took a fixed IP. And I found a way to surf for free so I prefered this task than debugging dhclient

I launched a network sniffer. The udp dhcp packets are sent but no answer.
The funny thing is that when I do
ifdown eth2
it tells me
dhcp release from 192.168.1.1. So the dhcp server accepts the releasing but does not accept the offer.

For your problem, try to see on ubuntu forums, there has been similar problems like yours.
Have a look also there:
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgre...;dist=unstable

Also when you say network disconnected, check if you still have an IP. Maybe the server does not renew your address??? Does it happen at constant time after you have done dhclient3 eth0 ?
 
  


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