[PLUG] DHCP Question

[Carlos Konstanski]

Could you please supply the output from the following commands, run as
root (use 'su -' for a real root environment; the following commands may
be in a root-only path):

- lspci
- lsmod
- mii-too eth0

This would help troubleshooting efforts immensely.

Carlos Konstanski

On Wed, 23 Aug 2006, Bill Thoen wrote:

> Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2006 14:51:07 -0600
> From: Bill Thoen <bthoen at gisnet.com>
> Reply-To: "General Linux/UNIX discussion and help;	civil and on-topic"
>     <plug at lists.pdxlinux.org>
> To: "General Linux/UNIX discussion and help;	civil and on-topic"
>     <plug at lists.pdxlinux.org>
> Subject: [PLUG] DHCP Question
> 
> I just installed Fedora Core 5 as a workstation using pretty much the default 
> settings. This morning the machine was running Windows XP and the DHCP 
> connection to the internet was working fine (i.e. all hardware and 
> connections were okay.) But for some reason FC5 on this same machine isn't 
> geting a DHCP connection. It recognizes the eth0 card, but seems to hang 
> trying to get IP information and then fails to connect.
>
> Since I know all the hardware was okay, I assume this is due to some 
> configuration setting that I don't know about. I'm sort of new to this, so I 
> don't even know what to look for or what info to report to get help. Can 
> someone get me started?
>
> I did notice in in the Gnome "Network proxy" utility that it's set to "direct 
> connection to the Internet" and I don't think that's right, but I don't know 
> what to change it to, if I should change it at all.
>
> Any help on this problem or how to track it down would be much appreciated!
>
> TIA,
> - Bill Thoen
>
>
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