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aleae

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Registered: 2007-02-19

Posts: 3

Ethernet, DHCP, and Me.

Okay, I have been trying for a few days to get the Internet working under ArchLinux.  It works on FreeBSD and Windows on the same machine, so it's not the cable or card. 

The module for my ethernet card is e100 and that loads just fine.
ifconfig will show my my eth0 device, but only if i do a ifconfig eth0 up. 
The network does not start, it always fails.
Here is my rc.conf:

lo="lo 127.0.0.1"
eth0="dhcp"
interfaces=(lo eth0)
routes=()

I have also tried setting my /etc/conf.d/dhcpcd to include the arguments -S and -R.
route does not show anything.

I have been through every page in the wiki (except the one with the resolution, most likely) and have read through forum posts where people have had similiar problems.  I've tried everything suggested there and none of it has worked, even remotely.  I can not even start the network.  If anyone has any idea of what I could try, I'd be very grateful.  If you need more info, just tell me what to get, and I'll get it.  Thanks to anyone who replies.

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phrakture

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From: behind you

Registered: 2003-10-29

Posts: 7,879

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Re: Ethernet, DHCP, and Me.

the arrays are case sensitive, so "interfaces" will not work, you need to use INTERFACES.

However, do you get any output when running the following by hand:

ifconfig eth0 up
dhcpcd eth0

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aleae

Member

Registered: 2007-02-19

Posts: 3

Re: Ethernet, DHCP, and Me.

no, there is no output after running those two commands.  that seems to be where the problem lies, but i have no clue how to fix it.

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iphitus

Forum Fellow

From: Melbourne, Australia

Registered: 2004-10-09

Posts: 4,927

Re: Ethernet, DHCP, and Me.

no output means they worked.

to fix it, change interfaces=
to INTERFACES=

as phrakture said, case matters. interfaces needs to be uppercase -- INTERFACES

James

aleae

Member

Registered: 2007-02-19

Posts: 3

Re: Ethernet, DHCP, and Me.

no, that was just a typo on my part.  it is capitalized in my rc.conf.  there was no output but it took it around 30 seconds to actually finish.  my guess is it timed out.

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edgg

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Registered: 2007-02-23

Posts: 8

Re: Ethernet, DHCP, and Me.

Check it on Alt+12 and I'm pretty sure there will be written that it's timed out. At least that's my case. Interesting that it did work in 7.2. I've not given up and will tell when I find the solution.

edgg

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Registered: 2007-02-23

Posts: 8

Re: Ethernet, DHCP, and Me.

Ok, I solved this for me. It needed acpi=off. Otherwise it just kept dropping RX packets. In your case it is also possibly a problem with apic since I remember having one before. Playing around with bios apic settings and install cd boot options is really boring but it payed off in my case.