Re: [gentoo-amd64] DHCP and Portage

[Alexandros Kostibas]

Maybe dump the entire contents of a few commands? (ifconfig, route, ping
to your gateway)

If your DHCP server sees you in the table, sounds like it might not be a
DHCP problem at all.

On Wed, 2006-02-15 at 17:52 -0500, Ryan Rice wrote:
> The network did not work when the LiveCD was booted.
>
> In fact, the port is active because the external connection LED is
> active, and my DHCP server sees the hardware, and passes along the
> correct IP to the hardware's MAC.  It shows up as active in my DHCP tables.
>
> In Gentoo, I have tried manually configuring it with ifconfig and tried
> dhcpcd to no success.  I've also tried to set the nameservers.  It says
> that the host name is unreachable when I attempt a ping.
>
> God Bless,
>
> Ryan A. Rice
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>
> Drake Donahue wrote:
> > did the network work when you booted the livecd?
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ryan Rice" <rrice@××××××.com>
> > To: <gentoo-amd64@l.g.o>
> > Sent: Wednesday, February 15, 2006 4:27 PM
> > Subject: Re: [gentoo-amd64] DHCP and Portage
> >
> >
> >> Yes, I've tried this and pretty much any other dhcp command that I
> >> can think of.
> >> What other information would be valuable?
> >>
> >> Thanks.
> >>
> >> God Bless,
> >>
> >> Ryan A. Rice
> >> Operations Manager / Senior Systems Engineer
> >> i*hydra, Where Price and Power Converge.
> >> http://www.ihydra.com
> >> rrice@××××××.com
> >> Toll Free: (866)-433-1238
> >> Cell: (207)-333-1258
> >> Fax: [phone]
> >>
> >> +---------------------------------+
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Mark Haney wrote:
> >>> Simon Stelling wrote:
> >>>> Ryan Rice wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> I'm having trouble getting my network connection configured.  It's
> >>>>> a Broadcom BCM5704C .  I can 'ifconfig eth0' and have the port
> >>>>> information come back, but it won't DHCP what so ever.  Any ideas?
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Also,  Is it possible to install Portage via CDROM rather than
> >>>>> over the net?
> >>>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> What about if you just google up the question instead of giving us
> >>>> nearly zero
> >>>> info and expecting to throw the answer at you? Really, it shouldn't
> >>>> be all that
> >>>> hard.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>> More info would be nice, but for the sake of argument, have you
> >>> tried 'dhcpcd eth0'?  Or running whichever dhcp client you have to
> >>> see if it gets you an IP?
> >>>
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> >>
> >>

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