Hi Marko and others, On Thu, Aug 30, 2012 at 06:24:58PM +0200, Marko Vojinovic wrote: > > Let me guess --- on other outlets you get a real IP, 137.138.*.*, right? And > that works as expected? > Yes, exactly. > > > >To add to this, when other laptops > > > >connect to my wall outlet, they work properly. > > Is the MAC address of your laptop registered with the CERN admins? Yes, my MAC address is registered with CERN[1]. > In plain english, your machine first asks the server 137.138.16.6 for an IP > assignment (DHCPREQUEST). The server refuses (DHCPNAK). Then your machine asks > which dhcp servers are out there (DHCPDISCOVER), and asks anyone for an IP > assignment (DHCPREQUEST). Three servers respond: 137.138.16.6 and 137.138.17.6 > refuse (DHCPNAK), while 192.168.0.1 accepts (DHCPACK) and gives you an > internal IP, which doesn't seem to be able to access the outside world. > I did ask for help, but apparently we ran into a dead end. However later an admin got in touch with me personally, however it's night here and he will probably continue tomorrow again. > I am not sure if this is a misconfiguration or implemented on purpose, but the > CERN admins need to figure out why both of the two 137.138 dhcp servers have > refused to give you an IP. This is the problem on their end of the wall > outlet. Your machine seems to be configured correctly and also behaves > correctly. > As far as I know, I should get an external IP. So things like: $ ssh user@<external IP> works. > The guys at CERN usually know what they are doing, so the best bet would be to > ask them for help, they should certainly be able to fix this. > There is no doubt they definitely know what they are doing very well, the "official procedure" however is painfully slow[2]. Footnotes: [1] And yes, I do work at CERN. [2] Today is the 3rd day since I reported my issue. -- Suvayu Open source is the future. It sets us free. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
