When it is booting does it try and get an ip address? /var/log/messages or /var/log/dhcp should tell you. Brock On 10/3/05, jim scott <jimdscott at gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks for the reply, Bob. > > I'm running FC4 with the latest updates. I dual boot to Windows 98, where > DSL is working great. > > I've got an older SMC NIC plugged into the DSL modem. I read the DSL HOWTO, > which I think was a big mistake. Based on that, I spent a lot of time trying > to configure PPPoE, but I don't think I need to worry about any of that. I > did manage to mess up all my config files. I gave up on PPPoE, deleted all > my config files and reinstalled the networking packages. > > It's an external xDSL SpeedStream 5200 modem connected to my NIC, so I think > all I need to do is configure DHCP to get an IP for my NIC and set up the > routing table correctly and I should be done. If I'm wrong about that, then > I'm more lost than I thought. > > The first problem is that my NIC is not getting an IP address on boot. I > don't see anything interesting in ifconfig, other than the lack of any IP > address -- not even 0.0.0.0, which I think should be there if DHCP is even > trying. I don't see any errors in dmesg or in the syslog, so I think I need > to turn up the debug level. If I can get an IP for my NIC, I think I'm > almost home because I can copy the routing table from the windows side. > > > On 10/3/05, Bob Schilmoeller <bob at schilmoeller.com> wrote: > > Jim, > > I have been on Frontier DSL since its existence. The only problems I > have > > had has been every time it has been sold! :-) Recently though I had to > reset > > my DSL modem and received a new IP address for the first time in 4 years! > But > > it did give me a 60% bump in speed. > > > > All of that said, I use a Dlink router with no special settings and it > works > > great. I also used RH 7.3 on an old box as my router a couple of years a > ago > > with no special settings. > > > > Now that I have told you my config, can you shed some light on what your > > config is, the symptoms you are seeing and what things you have tried? It > may > > trigger some insight from the list. > > > > - Bob > > > > > > > > jim scott wrote: > > > Greetings, all. I'm brand new to the list. Does anyone here use > > > Frontier's xDSL? I'm trying to connect my Fedora Core 4 box to the > > > Internet through Frontiernet.net <http://Frontiernet.net>, but have been > > > having a lot of DHCP problems. I can't get an IP address for my NIC. > > > Does anyone know if Frontier (service in Lakeville/Rosemount) has any > > > special settings I need to know about? Thanks! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > > > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > > > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > > > > > -- > http://ThreeWayNews.blogspot.com > Your source. For everything. Really. > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > > -- Brock Noland Loan Officer Caspian Mortgage Cell: 612-203-9568 Office: 612-605-8739 Fax: 612-605-6808 http://brocknoland.com