I am including the email at the end if anyone is interested in the progresion.
In any case this is how I got it working:
steps taken in getting cable modem working
1- download
dhcp3-client
2- edit /etc/network/interfaces so that
it includes a stanza like this:
iface eth0 inet dhcp
at the bottom of the script (comment out existing address/mask/Bcast.....)
3- Recycle power (three minutes)
4- type
dhclient
-original email-
RE: how to change port DHCPDISCOVER is listening to
This might be the problem:
DHCPDISCOVER is listening on port67 -1-. I'll find out what port the cox
network is on if someone could tell me how to change the port. (the online
manual didn't help!)
If you already know which port should be .....
-1-
bmike1@2[bmike1]$ sudo dhclient
Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client V3.0.3
Copyright 2004-2005 Internet Systems Consortium.
All rights reserved.
For info, please visit http://www.isc.org/products/DHCP
Listening on LPF/eth0/00:08:c7:ca:62:4b
Sending on LPF/eth0/00:08:c7:ca:62:4b
Sending on Socket/fallback
DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 6
DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 9
DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 19
DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 14
DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 10
DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 3
No DHCPOFFERS received.
No working leases in persistent database - sleeping.
bmike1@2[bmike1]$
On Sunday 05 February 2006 09:47 pm, Major.Mikey wrote:
> okay, I got DHCP working.... kinda. It isn't being offered a lease and I
> don't have a clue how to even google on this one.
>
> This is how I got DHCP to work
> I read in the debian manual (online) to make sure a line was
> in /etc/network/interfaces. That line is
>
> iface eth0 inet dhcp
>
> so I copy the line and put up top. That doesn't change anything so I spend
> the rest of the trying to get dhcp to work. Finally I figure I should
> investigate ..../interfaces more closely and look at what I found at the
> bottom of the script: (without the hash marks)
>
> #iface eth0 inet dhcp
> # address 10.10.10.2
> # netmask 255.0.0.0
> # network address.0
> # broadcast 10.255.255.255
> # gateway ...
>
> .... so I copied that first line and put the hash marks in and the next
> time I rebooted dhcp tried to get a lease! I was so happy until the lease
> was denied.
>
> So please, tell me what I need to do no or point me in the right direction.
>
> earlier today....
>
> I got apt-get working again so I ran it for the desired dhcp tool. At the
> end of the download it tells me that:
>
> This installation run will require temporarily removing the
> essential package e2fsprogs due to a Conflicts/Pre-Depends loop.
> This is often bad, but.....
>
> I tried fixing it by running 'apt-get install e2fsprogs' but that resulted
> in the same error........ ohhhhhhh! That is one of the files being updated
> so it must be disabled. Cool.
>
> How do I update apt.conf? I attempted to merely place the suggested line at
> the end but that didn't help. I then moved that line to the middle but the
> machine keeps telling that I put 'Extra junk at end of file.
>
> I get it.... I need the semi-colon at the end.
>
> Okay.... it all installed noow I guess do the windows fix..... restart the
> machine!
>
> bmike1@4[Documents]$ sudo apt-get install dhcp3-client
> Reading Package Lists... Done
> Building Dependency Tree... Done
> The following extra packages will be installed:
> debianutils dhcp3-common dhcp3-server e2fslibs e2fsprogs initscripts
> libc6 libc6-dev locales
> lsb-base sysv-rc
> Suggested packages:
> e2fsck-static sysv-rc-conf
> The following packages will be REMOVED:
> raidtools2
> The following NEW packages will be installed:
> dhcp3-client lsb-base
> The following packages will be upgraded
> debianutils dhcp3-common dhcp3-server e2fslibs e2fsprogs initscripts
> libc6 libc6-dev locales
> sysv-rc
> 10 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 1 to remove and 1093 not upgraded.
> Need to get 0B/13.7MB of archives.
> After unpacking 3852kB of additional disk space will be used.
> Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
> E: This installation run will require temporarily removing the essential
> package e2fsprogs due to a Conflicts/Pre-Depends loop. This is often bad,
> but if you really want to do it, activate the APT::Force-LoopBreak option.
> E: Internal Error, Could not early remove e2fsprogs
> bmike1@4[Documents]$
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