Re: DHCP

Allen Goldstein (gold@u.washington.edu)
Wed, 6 Jan 1999 13:05:46 -0800 (PST)


On Tue, 5 Jan 1999, Sam Bingner wrote:

> Allen Goldstein wrote:
Sam

Thanks for the reply. I'm using dhcpcd-1.3.16.tar.gz which is even newer than
yours. It works fine on 2.0.36. I don't have a firewall. I connect to the
ADSL provider with a bridge router. Any further ideas?

Al

> >
> > Subject:2.20.pre4 and dhcp
> >
> > My brief experience with this kernel was similar to that of 2.131.
> > Dhcp doesn't work. I have two ether interfaces using 3com 509
> > and 3com vortex. The 509 interface did not come up. The dhcp is
> > on the vortex and it wouldn't connect. The box has SMP. Not much info
> > in Messages. But it might be that the interupt assignment is screwed up.
> > The sequential io was much faster than 2.0.36 both on scsi and ide
> >
> DHCP works, but you have to have the correct DHCPCD for the 2.1/2.2
> kernel, these kernels use a different method of controlling the firewall
> interface, you will also need ipchains - the dhcpcd release can be found
> of my system if you want do download from there -
> ftp://204.210.112.66/pub/dhcpcd
>
> --Sam
>

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