Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Thu, 4 Jan 2001 12:31:39 +0100 | From | Christian Loth <> | Subject | DHCP Problems with 3com 3c905C Tornado |
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Hello all,
I recently installed a system with the 3c905C NIC on RedHat 6.2. In our network, IP adresses are granted via DHCP, although every host has a fixed IP instead of a dynamic IP pool. The IP is statically coupled with the MAC adresses of our network.
The freshly installed RedHat 6.2 worked nice and flawlessly, and the IP was handed out correctly to the new machine. However after upgrading to the 2.2.16 RedHat Kernel RPMS, the DHCP negotiation no longer worked! Okay, I said, maybe it is a RedHat thing (they included modules both for the 90x and for the 59x cards, and I tried both), so I downloaded 2.2.18 proper. I compiled in the support for the card, but also: same result. The old 2.2.14 RedHat kernel worked, but the newer kernels did not.
Unfortunately the machine had to go on the net, so I had to switch the NIC for a DEC Tulip one, which worked flawlessly under 2.2.18 again. Therfore I unfortunately can't volunteer for testing :(, all I can say is that something happened between 2.2.14 and 2.2.16/2.2.18 which made DHCP inoperable for the 3c905C.
Please CC any replies to my email adress, as I am not subscribed to linux-kernel.
- Chris
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