DHCP networking woes

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Robbo
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DHCP networking woes

Post by Robbo »

Hey,
Sometimes when gentoox boots it will get an IP address from the dhcp server, other times it won't, can't figure out why (the dhcp server works fine for my other computer, 100% of the time)

Any ideas?
iccaros
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Post by iccaros »

try running something like ethereal and see what is happaning during the ACK messages.


is it not getting an address at all??
Want to try one more live cd..
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vplayer
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Post by vplayer »

Hi,

How do you say sometimes it does and sometimes its doesnt? What version of gentoox do you have.
Box: XBOX ver 1.1
Mod: Xecutor 2.3 lite+
Hdd: WD 80GB
Dash: Evox, Ava, XBMC
Linux: Gentoox Pro 4.2
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