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Title: Help: static IP working but not dhcp on 5500
Post by: newgun on May 07, 2004, 01:48:55 am

SL-5500, SMC2642W CF wireless card, 128bit WEP, Sharp2.38ROM. It works fine if I configure the network manually with IP address/gateway/DNS(192.168.2.xxx), but won\'t give eth0 an ip address if I choose \"Obtain TCP/IP Information Automatically\" under Network & Sync.  What am I missing?

Title: Help: static IP working but not dhcp on 5500
Post by: lardman on May 07, 2004, 05:50:48 am

What are you trying to connect to?

Are you running a dhcp server somewhere?


Si

Title: Help: static IP working but not dhcp on 5500
Post by: newgun on May 07, 2004, 08:26:23 am

Quote

What are you trying to connect to?

Are you running a dhcp server somewhere?


Si

I\'m trying to connect it to my home 802.11g wireless n/w which has a router (which runs as a dhcp server as well) and is connected to the internet by a cable modem.  All my other machines work fine (all use dhcp), and the Z works fine if I manually set the network properties (like ip address, dns server ip address, gateway ip address, etc) but doesn\'t seem to get the properties from the router when using dhcp.

Title: Help: static IP working but not dhcp on 5500
Post by: lardman on May 07, 2004, 02:26:10 pm

No offense, I was just trying to rule out an easy one ;-)

I\'m not sure then. Have you tried running dhcpd (is that what it\'s called - I\'ve no idea) manually to see whether it\'s a scripting rather than a dhcp problem.

As you might have noticed, I don\'t know. Sorry.


Si