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On Wed, 6 Sep 2006 09:29:44 +0100 "Robin Cornelius" <robin.cornelius@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > can't create /var/lib/dhcp/dhclient.leases: Permission denied > > Was this run as root? the prompt sugessts that it was run with your > nomal user account "neil" ? > You are right, I never thought to log in to root. New results Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client V3.0.3 Copyright 2004-2005 Internet Systems Consortium. All rights reserved. For info, please visit http://www.isc.org/products/DHCP Listening on LPF/eth0/00:13:46:8f:17:c1 Sending on LPF/eth0/00:13:46:8f:17:c1 Sending on Socket/fallback DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 8 DHCPOFFER from 192.168.1.1 DHCPREQUEST on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 DHCPACK from 192.168.1.1 bound to 192.168.1.2 -- renewal in 1710 seconds. > > Could this have sorted it out. Renewal of the lease in 1710 seconds doesn't sound very much???? > > and yes, I can ping to 192.168.1.1 > > > > > Do you have web configuration on the router as well? can you log in to > > > this (possibly via the 2nd windows pc) and does it have any diagnostics > > > etc. eg ping. Can you ping back to the address given by ifconfig. > > > > > Routers neally always have a web configuration page. If you open a > broswer and goto http://192.168.1.1 (on your network) you should see > the routers page and be asked for a username and password (look in the > router manual or the bottom of the router for defaults) > > Then some routers allow you to do network tests etc from their setup web page. > > This certainly all looks to be a dhcp problem. Yes, I do have a web configuration set-up for the router. I have had a look, but I do not really have enough knowledge to risk making any changes. I did run the ping test which worked OK. Neil Winchurst -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html