Connecting my Linux box to the internet

[ian132]

dhclient eth0 returns:

Internet Software, bla bla

Listening on LPF/eth0/00:40:95:00:0D:CF
Sending on LPF/eth0/00:40:95:00:0D:CF
Sending on Socket/fallback
DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 4
DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 9
DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 19
DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 21
DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 8
No DHCPOFFERS received.
No working leases in persistent database - sleeping.


I also tried plugging my ethernet wire directly into the back of the NTL set top box so I eliminated any problems with the router, when I did this it lit up on my Linux Box saying that there was a connection, but when I tried to activate it in the Network Configuration it said that there was no connection, check cable!

I think it is red hat linux version 9

[tstolber]

Hi am I stating the obvious here?

If you connect directly to your ethernet connection from your NTL box I presume this is a normal broadband connection and will thus give you a new dynamic IP address each time.

Linux requires a bash file to configure the IP address to connect to. As this changes every time you need a bash file to do this with Dynamic DNS or you could use a static IP address.

I am a newbie to Linux and I am using debian but this sounds like the correct thing to do to me?

I hope this helps