[NTLUG:Discuss] if you can stand any more on dhcpcd

[Fred James]

Please understand that all other machines on my LAN are doing fine and 
reaching any network they need to (ATT and VPN)
It is only my laptop that cannot - so the network is OK, just the laptop 
not getting a good IP

When I have the problem, the laptop cannot get to anything - LAN or WAN 
- cannot get to my other local computers, or printers, cannot get to 
ATT, cannot get to VPN.

Repeating an earlier message, what I did to fix it this evening was the 
following two commands, as root, in a terminal window on the laptop:
   dhcpcd -k eth0
   dhcpcd -n -H eth0
and then all was right and running smooth again.


Val W. Harris wrote:

> Fred James wrote:
>
>> ANG1105 is DHCP server at home
>> Windows2000 machine is DHCP server at work
>> Subnet Mask is 255.255.255.0 at both locations
>> Do I personally control the DHCP server at either end - no.  I used 
>> to use a Linksys at home, and I controlled that, but the corporation 
>> owns and controls the ANG1105
>>
>> The ANG1105 does two things - if the request is addressing something 
>> on the VAN, it routes through the VAN; if the address is something 
>> outside the VAN, it routes to my ISP (ATT.).
>> I have verified that by visiting sites that would be restricted 
>> within the corporate Intranet.
>>
>
> When you have the problem, that requires a new IP lease to fix, can you
> get to the AT&T internet, but not your corporate LAN; or do both
> destinations come up "Network Unreachable"?
>
> Val


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