DHCPcd

[sinck@ugive.com]

\_ Hello,
\_ 
\_ I am trying to setup dhcpcd to configure my external ethernet card from Cox@Home's DHCP server.
\_ 
\_ I tried 'dhcpcd -DH eth0' and received the following messages in my kernel:
\_ Sep 11 23:52:58 jane kernel: dhcpcd uses obsolete (PF_INET,SOCK_PACKET) 
\_ Sep 11 23:53:58 jane dhcpcd[2190]: timed out waiting for a valid DHCP server response 
\_ 
\_ I tried 'dhclient eth0' and received the following:
\_ Sep 12 00:26:51 jane dhclient: Internet Software Consortium DHCP Client 2.0b1pl29
\_ [more info messages]
\_ Sep 12 00:26:52 jane dhclient: Listening on LPF/eth0/00:40:05:70:16:7d
\_ Sep 12 00:26:52 jane dhclient: Sending on   LPF/eth0/00:40:05:70:16:7d
\_ Sep 12 00:26:52 jane dhclient: Sending on   Socket/fallback/fallback-net
\_ Sep 12 00:26:52 jane dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 4
\_ Sep 12 00:26:56 jane dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 8
\_ Sep 12 00:27:04 jane dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 12
\_ [more of the same until...]
\_ Sep 12 00:27:52 jane dhclient: No DHCPOFFERS received.
\_ Sep 12 00:27:52 jane dhclient: No working leases in persistent database - sleeping. 
\_ 
\_ Questions:

\_ Any suggestions would be appriciated?  Could someone tell me what I
\_ might be missing?  I assume linux can be configured using cox's
\_ dhcp server.
\_ 
\_ When cox@home was first installed, it was done with windows.  I had
\_ to move the NIC over to the linux machine to get it to continue to
\_ work.  It is working right now.  I'd just like to get the dhcp part
\_ working.

Ok, the NIC issue is that you didn't power cycle the modem.  After the
modem warms up, it only really wants to talk to one NIC afaik.
Cycling the modem should get it to pay attention to another card.

The dhcp server is the -h (?) flag set to whatever the name of your
box is supposed to be as far as cox is concerned:

cx31415926-a.foocity.az.home.com  (or perhaps just the cx part).

I learned from a recent install that the '-a' part is incremented
every time cox 'provisions' a modem.  So, first hop, it's -a, second
-b, and so on.  For what that's worth.

YMMV.  

I have yet to see someone say that cox has utilized the 'd' part of
'dhcp'. 

David