I got it to work. I used the -h 'hostname' option and switched ethernet cards. I have a feeling the -h 'hostname' is what really did it. > > On Wednesday 05 June 2002 07:35, James Spinti wrote: > > On Tue, 2002-06-04 at 10:27, bneigebauer at attbi.com wrote: > > > I just installed Redhat 7.1 (only CD's I had at the > > > time) on another system. I can't get the machine to get > > > an IP from AT&T's DHCP server. > > > > > > I switched the ethernet card from my Windows machine > > > (the one that's registered with AT&T) and put it in my > > > linux machine, but its not getting an IP. > > > > > > Any thoughts or hints? > > > > What DHCP client are you using? Pump will not work... > > This dhcp combo works with AT&T cable (got it from my Slack 8 box) > > PACKAGE NAME: dhcp > COMPRESSED PACKAGE SIZE: 182 K > UNCOMPRESSED PACKAGE SIZE: 460 K > PACKAGE LOCATION: diskn1 > PACKAGE MD5SUM: 8bff580096b4133bee3a1fd2c7889832 > PACKAGE DESCRIPTION: > dhcp: dhcp-2.0pl5, dhcpcd-1.3.20-pl0 > dhcp: > dhcp: This package provides DHCP utilities for Linux, including > dhcp: both servers and clients. > > Kelly Black > KB0GBJ > _______________________________________________ > Twin Cities Linux Users Group Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > http://www.mn-linux.org > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/octet-stream Size: 1 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://shadowknight.real-time.com/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20020605/edc2d338/attachment.obj -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/octet-stream Size: 1 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://shadowknight.real-time.com/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20020605/edc2d338/attachment-0001.obj -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/octet-stream Size: 1 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://shadowknight.real-time.com/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20020605/edc2d338/attachment-0002.obj -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/octet-stream Size: 1 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://shadowknight.real-time.com/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20020605/edc2d338/attachment-0003.obj -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/octet-stream Size: 1 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://shadowknight.real-time.com/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20020605/edc2d338/attachment-0004.obj