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by gwanders

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I want to integrate a SuSE Linux workstation into a LAN with Win98SE boxes. All boxes are cabled to a hub, which feeds a 'residential gateway'--a hardware combination of firewall, gateway and DHCP service.
DHCP cannot see the Linux box,and the Linux box cannot ping the gateway. Is the problem in the setup of the Linux box or in the way DHCP on the gateway works? What is necessary to make the two work together?

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by techkid

DHCP is a standard protocol and doesn't change from one device to the next. I suspect your Linux box isn't configured to obtain an ip from a dhcp server or your dhcp server has run out of ip addresses to give.

by jayanth

Hi, Answer 1 is correct.

Check if your SUSE box is setup to obtain IP from a DHCP server. For this check the settings in the Network Section. sorry am not sure of how to access network settings in SUSE, as i havent worked on it. Also check the IPrange of your DHCP scope. If all the IP's in the range have already been assigned to other machines then the SUSE box will not obtain any IP. in this case you'll need to increase the IP range.

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