[ale] Can't obtain IP address for Linux Box

[Calvin Harrigan]

James P. Kinney III wrote:

>On Sat, 2006-04-29 at 10:33 -0400, Alan Stewart wrote:
>  
>
>>Hi,
>>
>>I tried to install Realplayer10Gold on my Linux box last 
>>evening.  The install did not work, for whatever reason, and 
>>I had to reboot/reset the machine.  Well, when it came back 
>>up, my Linksys router (WRT55AG) did not see the machine.  
>>The network config panel showed the eth0 as inactive, and I 
>>could not activate it.  I tried deleting the card and 
>>starting over by adding it again anew  I've tried resetting 
>>the modem and router, tried rebooting the linux box and 
>>still no cigar (all in various and sundry combinations).  
>>The odd thing is that even when I boot into XP (this is a 
>>dual-boot machine), the connection wizard reports that it 
>>can't obtain an IP address.  Both fedora and XP indicate the 
>>ethernet card status is OK, but something is amiss.  Any 
>>ideas?
>>    
>>
>
>This sounds suspiciously of a failed Linksys router DHCP server.
>
>On the Linux system, make sure the ifcfg-eth0 is showing ONBOOT=yes.
>Remove the line pointing to the specific MAC address. It may be
>incorrect and can cause the system to not do anything since it doesn't
>match up with the real MAC address.
>
>Double check /etc/modprobe.conf for a line that reads: 
>alias eth0 <module-name>
>
>Then again, the card may have died.
>  
>
>>Thanks,...Alan
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>>Alan E. Stewart, Ph. D.
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>>The University of Georgia
>>Department of Counseling & Human Development
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>>Athens, Georgia 30602-7142
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also try a hard reset of the router.  Have you tried connecting directly 
to the cable/dsl modem?

Calvin