dhcp, cable modem, and my boxy box

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newschoolskiing · Post by **newschoolskiing** » Mon Apr 18, 2005 2:18 am

hi. i am having a problem trying to get an IP from comcast (my isp) via dhcp, cause that is how they hand out ip (right?). My NIC is working properly in that i have the right driver and all. i have the cable modem connected directly to my box. When i run:

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thedude root # /etc/init.d/net.eth0 start
 * Bringing eth0 via DHCP...                                       [!!]
thedude root #

/etc/conf.d/net

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...
ifconfig_eth0=( "dhcp" )
...

/etc/resolv.conf looks like this

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domain california
nameserver 204.127.198.4
nameserver 63.240.76.4
search hsd1.ca.comcast.net.

i have tried to find documentation from comcast but i have fail thus far. does anyone know how i can get an ip for my box from comcast?

bigcravcc · Post by **bigcravcc** » Mon Apr 18, 2005 2:27 am

Have you try runing dhcpcd?

newschoolskiing · Post by **newschoolskiing** » Mon Apr 18, 2005 2:34 am

when i run dhcpcd eth0 nothing happens but it get this line in the logs

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Apr 17 18:44:31 [dhcpcd] timed out waiting for a valid DHCP server response_

Jerri · Post by **Jerri** » Mon Apr 18, 2005 2:47 am

try resetting the modem.. bad network cable?

can you get network connectivity when you boot from the livecd (or perhaps windows... if you have it installed)?

newschoolskiing · Post by **newschoolskiing** » Mon Apr 18, 2005 2:59 am

ok, when i boot from the livecd it gets the ip without a incident...but how do i get this to happen when i i am not booting from the cd?

flakzeus · Post by **flakzeus** » Mon Apr 18, 2005 3:57 am

are you sure that you have the right drivers loaded in the kernel?

WarMachine · Post by **WarMachine** » Mon Apr 18, 2005 3:58 am

re-emerge dhcp, just a guess

Jerri · Post by **Jerri** » Mon Apr 18, 2005 5:58 am

what network card have you got? what drivers have you installed?

what does dmesg reveal?

how bout lspci ?

what happens if you try to load the module for your network card manually (if you compiled it as a module of course) error messages? what does lsmod show?