[PLUG] DHCP on ECN

[Andrew Sydelko]

Patrick K Notz <notz@purdue.edu> wrote:

: 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?

Which network subnet are you supposedly on? Not every ECN subnet
has dhcp. The other problem might be that all of the addresses
are taken.

You might also try some ohter clients like pump (pump -i eth0')
or dhclient (dhclient eth0).

: 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

Other that the errors on the TX side, this is normal. You 
might try doing a tcpdump and see if you get any reply. The
dhcp server will be 128.210.11.41 (which is maintained by PUCC.)

--andy.