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harryNID

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From: P3X-1971

Registered: 2009-06-12

Posts: 117

dhcpcd 5.0.6-1 not working for me. (SOLVED)

I was just wondering if anybody else was having an issue with the new version of dhcpcd  5.0.6-1? I upgraded and it's not working for me. Everything appeared all right but no Internet. When I tried to restart the network connection it would pop back a message saying it was throttling MTU to 576 but then nothing. I downgraded back to the previous version and now it is working again. I'm running dnsmasq and arno-iptables-firewall (both as per the Wiki instructions). Anybody got a clue?

Thanks

Last edited by harryNID (2009-07-24 22:16:15)

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kronig

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Registered: 2009-05-25

Posts: 22

Re: dhcpcd 5.0.6-1 not working for me. (SOLVED)

The same here. Have a fresh install system with dhcpcd 5.0.6-1 and my card power off just after dhcdcd throttle MTU to 576, desconfiguring (i think) my card. Result: no internet! Even ping at loopback address doesn't work.

Downgraded to dhcpcd 5.0.4-1 and everything seems perfect, no throttling.

harryNID

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From: P3X-1971

Registered: 2009-06-12

Posts: 117

Re: dhcpcd 5.0.6-1 not working for me. (SOLVED)

Thanks for the info "kronig". At least I know I'm not the only one. I wanted to see if others were having the same issue before filing a bug report. I'm thinking this is an upstream problem though so we'll see.

This happened to me with the version before last and I figured out it was Firehol causing it. I switched to Arno's and everything worked again there. This time no matter what I did I couldn't get it to respond.

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E5o

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Registered: 2009-01-16

Posts: 9

Re: dhcpcd 5.0.6-1 not working for me. (SOLVED)

Thanks for the heads-up!
I struggled with this yesterday and have been kicking myself for not thinking of the downgrade solution.

I can confirm downgrading to 5.0.4-1 solved it for me too.

Peace

E5o

djszapi

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From: Cambridge, United Kingdom

Registered: 2009-06-14

Posts: 1,439

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Re: dhcpcd 5.0.6-1 not working for me. (SOLVED)

Same issue by me too.

Dhclient solved the problem for me.

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rsmarples

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Registered: 2009-05-12

Posts: 287

Re: dhcpcd 5.0.6-1 not working for me. (SOLVED)

If you think the MTU as required by your DHCP server is wrong, you can either fix the DHCP server or stop requesting the MTU in /etc/dhcpcd.conf

dhcpcd-5.0.5 defaulted to requesting the MTU as we should assume the DHCP server is correctly configured for it.

harryNID

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From: P3X-1971

Registered: 2009-06-12

Posts: 117

Re: dhcpcd 5.0.6-1 not working for me. (SOLVED)

That did it!

Thanks "rsmarples"

It's working fine now.

I just had to comment out:

option interface_mtu

in /etc/dhcpcd.conf

Thanks Again!

Last edited by harryNID (2009-07-24 22:15:47)

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E5o

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Registered: 2009-01-16

Posts: 9

Re: dhcpcd 5.0.6-1 not working for me. (SOLVED)

Bliss!

Thanks rsmarples!

I can confirm

 #option interface_mtu

did solve it for me too.

Great

E5o

Last edited by E5o (2009-07-29 09:29:04)

djszapi

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From: Cambridge, United Kingdom

Registered: 2009-06-14

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Re: dhcpcd 5.0.6-1 not working for me. (SOLVED)

It will be usefull for so much users, because so much complains arrives about the new dhcpcd version, maybe it's worth to add to the wiki, if it really can solve the problem.

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patogen

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Registered: 2008-05-11

Posts: 86

Re: dhcpcd 5.0.6-1 not working for me. (SOLVED)

Does not solve it for me. What else can I try?

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