D&C Lug - Home Page
Devon & Cornwall Linux Users' Group

[ Date Index ][ Thread Index ]
[ <= Previous by date / thread ] [ Next by date / thread => ]

Re: [LUG] Static IP



On Sat, 2004-07-10 at 22:59, Alan Bruce wrote:
Alan Bruce said:

 Hi,

It appears that maybe the router isn't generating a new ip lease for this
machine. Can you log into the router and see the attached devices ? If so
can you fix the machines ip address in the router config, and thus allow
the other machine to get new dhcp ip.

Hi Alan,

The router (damn.. reboot it) allowed me in the second time after
rebooting.  The DHCP Client Table (damn.. reboot it AGAIN) says:

geri (the LAPTOP on Windows) 192.168.1.2

Nothing for this machine.

Previously I have seen (for example):

natalie 192.168.1.2
       192.168.1.3
geri    192.168.1.4

Considering I only have the two machines THAT's what set the alarm bells
ringing.

I have now tried:

Both machines in Windows on Static IPs:  Works
Both machines in Windows on DHCP: Works
Both machines in Linux on DHCP: Doesn't work
Both machines in Linux on Static IP:  Doesn't work

I did work out how to stop the DHCP server for the router... the
pamphlet (I won't dignify it by calling it a manual) for the router was
a bit sketchy on anything other than initial set-up.

What happens is that I am able to perform *one* network action on the
desktop in Linux (ie s/r mail or go to one website).  However if for
example I try to go to another website, or get mail again, the second
action *always* fails unless I reboot the router.  It's as if it has two
IP addresses and it alternates between the two.  Of course the second
one doesn't work.

So I am in the intolerable situation of having to reboot the router
every time I want to do anything on the network.  To be honest I am
making no headway at all with this, despite the kind help of you and
others in the group.  I'm quite tempted to simply reinstall MDK10 from
scratch.  It's all very well me saying this is a learning process, but
when there is no progress it is highly frustrating.

Kind regards,

Julian

PS I had to reboot the router to send this.


--
The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG
Mail majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe list" in the
message body to unsubscribe.



Lynx friendly