DHCP gives IP but No Connection

Hi all,

I am running Red Hat 9.0 as a DHCP server. I have a Windows 2000
laptop connected to the same network. Windows gets the IP address
correctly but does not actually connect to the network. (I can't ping
it from Linux nor Linux from it.) The output from Windows ipconfig
looks normal and I can release and renew the IP address. The same
laptop works fine using DHCP at work on the Novell network there.

Any ideas? I have no idea where to look next so would appreciate any
suggestions.

Thanks . . . Murray

(E-Mail Removed) (Murray Baker) writes:

]Hi all,

]I am running Red Hat 9.0 as a DHCP server. I have a Windows 2000
]laptop connected to the same network. Windows gets the IP address
]correctly but does not actually connect to the network. (I can't ping
]it from Linux nor Linux from it.) The output from Windows ipconfig
]looks normal and I can release and renew the IP address. The same
]laptop works fine using DHCP at work on the Novell network there.

]Any ideas? I have no idea where to look next so would appreciate any
]suggestions.

Sounds like the routing tables are bad. What does
route -n
say on the linux machine and on the windows machine.
note that if routing is bad on either, ping or anythng else will not
work.

(E-Mail Removed) (Murray Baker) wrote in message news:<(E-Mail Removed) om>...
> Hi all,
>
> I am running Red Hat 9.0 as a DHCP server. I have a Windows 2000
> laptop connected to the same network. Windows gets the IP address
> correctly but does not actually connect to the network. (I can't ping
> it from Linux nor Linux from it.) The output from Windows ipconfig
> looks normal and I can release and renew the IP address. The same
> laptop works fine using DHCP at work on the Novell network there.
>
> Any ideas? I have no idea where to look next so would appreciate any
> suggestions.
>
> Thanks . . . Murray

Check the DHCP HOWTO from here:

http://www.tldp.org


Webmin has a DHCP configuration module you may wish to check out as well:

http://www.webmin.com