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Greetings.
I've installed the base system and core packages, and
it boots fine. Eth0 is configured.
But DHCP won't run. I"ve consulted the Begginner's Guide
and the Network howto, and tried releasing eth0 and
running dhcpcd manually, but it doesn't work.
I checked all the basic networking files, and they seem
to be okay, but /etc/rc.d/network is a bit over my head.
My ISP is clearwire.net and I'm wondering if some of the stuff
in /etc/dhcpcd.conf is incompatible with their server. I tried
renaming it and rebooting, but that didn't work either.
Thanks for any help here.
Bruce
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What exactly didn't work, what's the error. Can you post the output of 'ifconfig -a' or 'ip addr'?
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I'm not booted into Arch right now, Karol, but I ran ifconfig
while I was, and loopback and eth0 are configured. Eth0
does not have an IP address.
ps aux shows no dhcpcd running.
I ran dhcpcd eth0 from the commandline, it timed
out trying to connect.
Bruce
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Unfortunately dhcpcd doesn't work everywhere. dhclient does work in places where dhcpcd doesn't. dhclient is in extra, so if you have a full install CD, then it's available. Otherwise, you'll need to download the package from another machine and install it. It requires iproute2 and perl, and both are in core.
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Unfortunately dhcpcd doesn't work everywhere. dhclient does work in places where dhcpcd doesn't. dhclient is in extra, so if you have a full install CD, then it's available. Otherwise, you'll need to download the package from another machine and install it. It requires iproute2 and perl, and both are in core.
Hey skottish. Thanks for the advice. I think I could handle that, but
my interim distro, puppy linux, which I am using right now on the
same box as Arch, is connecting through eth0 to my ISP with
"root 4390 0.0 0.1 1880 532 ? Ss Jul16 0:00 dhcpcd -d -I eth0". And the same module is being loaded, so wouldn't you agree that dhcpcd should work, given this additional information?
Not that I am averse to using the other utility you recommend, if
it's gonna be easier. :-)
Bruce
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