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DHCP and Time Warner Cable Modem

I have everything setup on my linux box(redhat - kernel2.2.12-20 ) dhcpcd version 1.3.18. When I connect to the cable modem The PC light is on and data light flashes ( slowly ) but it times out waiting from reply from server. It works fine ( cable modem ) on my NT box.
Any suggestions?

jlevie

You can find out if in fact dhcpd is requesting a DHCP config by running "tcpdump -n -i eth0" You should see outgoing packets with the MAC address of your ether card. Ideally you'd run the tcpdump from another system, but if you've only got one...

Something else to look at would be the output of "ifconfig eth0", could we see it please?

chuckk7

I have TCI or at&t cable modem and they also said that I was using DHCP. I am using suse 6.1 and configured my sytem for dhcp. I got the same results. So I fugured to call them and hope to get a good tech person. I did and was informed that Everything is really static he gave me the info and hard coded it in and Blam instant goods. I am not sure if they are the same but it is worth a shot to find out if they are static.

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jlevie

FYI, RedHat 6.1 comes with 2.2.12-20 and it installs, like 6.0 with default as pump (v 0.7.2-2), but dhcpcd is an optional selection. Oh yeah dhcpcd is not the server, it's the client.

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MikeCappella

jlevie - you're right on 'dhcpcd' - I didn't notice the extra 'c', and was thinking 'dhcpd'. My apologies!

jlevie

I just wanted to reduce the confusion factor...