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Re: [seul-edu] dhcp fails
- To: seul-edu@seul.org
- Subject: Re: [seul-edu] dhcp fails
- From: David Johnston <david@johnstons.net>
- Date: Fri, 02 Nov 2001 12:29:33 -0500
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- Delivery-Date: Fri, 02 Nov 2001 11:27:06 -0500
- Organization: Little Bald Consulting, LLC
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Matt Jezorek wrote:
> From: "Dan Kubilos" <dan@oxnardsd.org>
> To: <seul-edu@seul.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2001 2:44 PM
> Subject: [seul-edu] dhcp fails
>
> > I just installed redhat 7.1 on an asus laptop with
> > a xircom pcmcia card ...works great if I set a static
> > ip but machine will not get an ip via dhcp
> >
> > pump and dhcpd packages are installed.
>
> dhcpcd in redhat and pump are not very reliable I always have
> to rebuid dhcpcd from source . Thats probably the best way to
> do it ...
Dan,
before you go through that, try uninstalling pump. RedHat 7.1
uses pump if it's installed, then uses dhcpd.
pump is a trimmed-down dhcp client
dhcpd is a better (but slower) dhcp client.
-David Johnston