Help with Linux and DHCP

[se at panix.com (Scott Ehrlich)]

This is what is what prompted me to ask about the DHCP question in the
first place :)

I have checked, and I am definately assigning myself a DHCP address (also
per Slackware netconfig's script and my own checking.

Anyone have other ideas?    My mailbox awaits your ideas.

Thanks.

Scott

On 1 Mar 2001, Derek Atkins wrote:

> Well, if the IP Address did change, you would certainly see this
> affect. :)
>
> -derek
>
> Scott Ehrlich <se at panix.com> writes:
>
> > The reason I believed I had an IP address conflict is that this system
> > randomly drops off the network (HP Vectra VL 5/133 w/HP PCNet 10 and 100BT
> > card).  I thought a newer kernel would work, but it has made no
> > difference.
> >
> > Some symptoms include an ssh connection from the machine to any other
> > system.  After any amount of time - seconds to hours, the connection
> > freezes, and drops.  SSH connections in behave the same.
> >
> > A ping test from another in-house system showed the system 'down', then,
> > after about 30 seconds to a minute, back up.   The box, on a ping-out
> > test, was also asleep for the same time, and awoke again.
> >
> > APM is disabled in the kernel, as is with BIOS.
> >
> > Any ideas on this?
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > Scott
> >
>
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>        Derek Atkins, SB '93 MIT EE, SM '95 MIT Media Laboratory
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