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jaycee · 27-07-2005, 03:01

This would point to it being a problem with the NIC driver on Linux. What kind of NIC is it and what driver is it using?

Try forcing a duplex setting instead of allowing auto negotiation. 10mbit half duplex should work. My guess is the old PACE box allowed successful auto negotiation, but for some reason the new Samsung one does not seem to work correctly with the Linux driver.

The NTL DHCP server will have assigned you a lease for 24 hours, when you shut down windows this lease would still be kept, so if manually assigning the IP you got to your NIC in Linux doesn't work, the problem is with the NIC in Linux. Also be aware that you would have to set the default route to the default gateway IP, as well as the NIC's IP to the leased IP. I dont know if it's the same for linux as freebsd but this means typing "route add default <default gateway ip>" at a shell. You'd also have to add the DNS servers to /etc/resolv.conf (you can safely do this - they won't change - dhclient may have already written them there anyway)

27-07-2005, 03:01	#9
jaycee Inactive Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 304	Re: Problem with DHCP on linux with NTL STB This would point to it being a problem with the NIC driver on Linux. What kind of NIC is it and what driver is it using? Try forcing a duplex setting instead of allowing auto negotiation. 10mbit half duplex should work. My guess is the old PACE box allowed successful auto negotiation, but for some reason the new Samsung one does not seem to work correctly with the Linux driver. The NTL DHCP server will have assigned you a lease for 24 hours, when you shut down windows this lease would still be kept, so if manually assigning the IP you got to your NIC in Linux doesn't work, the problem is with the NIC in Linux. Also be aware that you would have to set the default route to the default gateway IP, as well as the NIC's IP to the leased IP. I dont know if it's the same for linux as freebsd but this means typing "route add default <default gateway ip>" at a shell. You'd also have to add the DNS servers to /etc/resolv.conf (you can safely do this - they won't change - dhclient may have already written them there anyway)