[duncan1]

Hi,

I'm trying to assign the public ip to a virtual machines guest os
by using a bridge and dhcp in linux. When connected I can
see broadacst traffic on the network, but when running the dhcp
client from the guest os no reply is seen. The dhcp discover
requests can be seen on the network.

I've also tried connecting the cable modem and a laptop
using a hardware switch, but I get the same problem.
This time running dhcp client using the laptops physical interface.

If I remove the switch and plug the modem directly into the
laptap, dhcp works fine.

Is there any reason why the modem can't be bridged ?

Thanks
Duncan