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CommanderCool

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Registered: 2012-09-05

Posts: 29

[solved] Network stopped working after update

Hi,

I have been working on this problem for some time now with no success. I searched the forums and found threads like this, which did not seem to work for me. I hope it is (as always) just a stupid mistake I made.

After a bigger update (not using the machine for half a year) I cannot get my network back to work. I am talking about wired network, though wireless network has a similar problem. I verified the hardware via a Windows dualboot.

I think this problem is DHCP related:

# dhcpcd enp2s0
dhcpcd[563]: version 6.0.5 starting
dhcpcd[563]: enp2s0: waiting for carrier
dhcpcd[563]: enp2s0: carrier acquired
dhcpcd[563]: enp2s0: carrier lost
dhcpcd[563]: enp2s0: waiting for carrier
dhcpcd[563]: enp2s0: carrier acquired
dhcpcd[563]: enp2s0: soliciting a DHCP lease
dhcpcd[563]: timed out
dhcpcd[563]: exited

I usually run NetworkManager and dhcpcd, but also tried wicd and dhclient which did not help either.
I have no idea which outputs can be helpful in this matter, so I will provide them on demand. Thanks in advance.

Last edited by CommanderCool (2013-09-11 09:40:26)

CommanderCool

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Registered: 2012-09-05

Posts: 29

Re: [solved] Network stopped working after update

I just want to add that connecting with a static IP works flawlessly. I am trying to connect to a Fritz Box 7270, if that helps. I have the same problem on another machine. The problem occured with the update from dhcpcd 5.6.4-2 to 6.0.5-1, I guess, but I cannot be absolutely sure.

I already tried commenting out the "require dhcp server_identifier" option of dhcpcd, which did noch change anything. I am really lost here, so any hint would help.

CommanderCool

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Registered: 2012-09-05

Posts: 29

Re: [solved] Network stopped working after update

The problem was due to faulty router settings - there were no more IP addresses available in the given range.