On Wed, 2005-12-14 at 09:14 +0100, Alex TOURNIER wrote: > > Once DHCP fails, if I try gain it fails again..it does not work ...I use > a CISCO switch CATALYST 4503. > I did try also with RHEL 4 update 2 as adives by Brian, but the > behaviour is the same. > It works if I insert a 3COM 3C905CX into the host...but it is just a > test...i want to use the Broadcom NIC as it's integrated on the mother > board and I have a bunch of those to be installed. > Do you think that using a simple Hub instead of a Switch could help? Most likely not. I've seen this before, the broadcom just takes too long to get an IPaddress, if it gets one at all. Try setting a static IP address instead of doing DHCP. -- Jesse Keating RHCE (geek.j2solutions.net) Fedora Legacy Team (www.fedoralegacy.org) GPG Public Key (geek.j2solutions.net/jkeating.j2solutions.pub) Was I helpful? Let others know: http://svcs.affero.net/rm.php?r=jkeating
