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RedHat 6.2 + DHCP + TR

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by high-commander

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I am trying to get my RH6.2 system working on a Token Ring network. I have successfully installed and used the token ring card using a static IP address. However the network uses a Win NT DHCP server to assign addresses. I have been unable to useeither PUMP or DHCPCD to assign an IP to the tr0 interface. I was wondering if anyone had any ideas.

-Todd

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by zbrain75

I was able to set my system up to use DCHP to configure eth0 on an ethernet network. The DHCP server is a Win NT server.

All that was required was to enter "linuxconf" in Redhat, select "Client tasks", and "Basic host information", go to "Configmode", and move the selection indicator from Manual to Dhcp. Select "Accept", and exit. When notified that "the system is not in sync...", select "Activate the changes". Restart your network portion of Linux with either "/etc/rc.d/init.d/network restart" or by rebooting.

You can determine the IP address using the "ping -R" option. Ping a hostname or IP address that you know is working from the host you set up to be a DHCP client.
EX:
ping -R 192.168.2.5
You should see your DHCP assigned IP address at the top and bottom of the response.

Otherwise if that does not work, I would suspect a problem with your network that is not allowing the DHCP requests/replies. If you can ping your DCHP server, this should not be the case, however.

by hasse mcse/brainbench

Hi!

Easier way to determine your assigned IP is by just typing: ifconfig

Now you'll see all your configured network devices and their IP.

/Hasse

by jpereira

The only absolutely sure-fire way I've found to make sure DHCP works properly is to use linuxconf to enable DHCP on the interface and then cd to /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts and use the ifdown and ifup scripts in there to restart the interface. When you run ifup there will be a noticeable pause while your PC queries the DHCP server for the network info. Bizarrely /sbin/ifup doesn't always work for some reason.

Note that once you have it working once, the next time you reboot you won't need to do anything.

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