 | | | network installation ( dhcp problem) | network installation ( dhcp problem) 2007-03-24 - By alok pandey
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HI Ray,
I get your point but unfortunately i have no idea about how to
configure switch and also it's not under my control.
Can you put some point in step , how to check this switches. also
Ray Van Dolson wrote:
> Anaconda still uses 'pump', which I definitely believe has some bugs. There
> are situations where dhclient works fine, but pump fails on our network.
>
Are you saying that during installation time the dhcp request is made
by PUMP and after when the machine get installed , it 's by dhclient . ??
Is their any way to customize the anaconda installer , so that it can
use dhclient instead of using pump.?
> What type of switch are you plugging into (if any)? Might it have Spanning
> Tree enabled on the port? This can cause a delay before the port comes up,
> and DHCP clients can time out before the port is truly active.
>
> You can either, disable Spanning Tree, turn on Port Fast mode or try using the
> "nicdelay=XX" boot parameter where XX is a value in seconds that will "pause"
> hopefully giving you extra seconds to wait while Spanning Tree calcuations are
> being done.
>
>
What be the max value of XX.
> Easy way to test if this is the problem is to plug your Ethernet cable that
> normally would run from your switch to your computer into a hub or "dumb"
> (unmanaged switch), and then go from that hub/switch to your computer. If
> spanning tree is to blame, you should get a DHCP IP without problem.
>
I will try this , hope it work.
> Disregard if you're not in an environment where you're using managed switches
> at all. :)
>
>
> Ray
>
>
What if its not be a switch problem.?? :-(
Then were do i look around for fault.? O:-)
Plz. go through the attachment for the details of dhcp configuration.
Thanks for you time RAY :-)
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