[PLUG] DHCP on ECN

[Patrick K Notz]

Hi,

I'm trying to connect my debian potato laptop to ECN's network using
DHCP, specifically 'dhcpcd'.  When I run '/sbin/dhcpcd -d' the
/var/log/syslog shows that it's broadcasting a DHCP_DISCOVER but it
eventually times out.  Does anyone know of anything special you need
to do?  My site admin told me that the hub I'm plugging into should
work.  Ideas?

During the broadcast, 'ifconfig' shows this entry for eth0:

Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:10:7A:15:DF:CC
UP BROADCAST NOTRAILERS RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
RX packets:1401 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:2 errors:45 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:45
collisions:0 txqueuelen:100
Interupt:10 Base address:0x880

(I think this is exact - I typed it by hand...)

thanks - pat