Bug 31377

Summary: Network Hangs when using dhcp
Product: [Retired] Red Hat Linux Reporter: srambarr
Component: dhcpcdAssignee: Elliot Lee <sopwith>
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Version: 7.1CC: avdp, richard.hamilton
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Description srambarr 2001-03-10 22:59:01 UTC 
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at boot up the systen hangs at bring up eth0, I am using a cablemodem 
connection with dhcp, eth0 is a tulip card, eth1 is using eepro100


Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1.shut down and restart
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Comment 1 Need Real Name 2001-05-02 18:18:08 UTC 
Happens also with @home cable modems (although it does not hang,  it eventually 
times out).
Fixed it by modifying the ifup script to pass the hostname to pump - @home DHCP 
server expect the hostname in order to return the proper IP address.

Looking at the scripts (before mods) it appears that it should pass the 
hostname, but that doesn't seem to work.

To make matter worse,  the installer doesn't even ask for a hostname if DHCP is 
selected.
Comment 2 Need Real Name 2001-09-01 13:30:14 UTC 
@home requires a hostname to assign your IP address.  This can be fixed in (at 
least) two ways, by editing ifup, which I personally think is a bit of a hack, 
or by adding the following line to /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0:
   DHCP_HOSTNAME=@homehostname
This parameter is passed to ifup and will satisfy @home's server.
Comment 3 Need Real Name 2001-09-01 13:33:36 UTC 
Sorry about the misinformation in the previous comment, the '@home' string 
should not be included in the edit to ifcfg-eth0, correct line should be:

   DHCP_HOSTNAME=hostname
Comment 4 Elliot Lee 2001-09-11 00:19:36 UTC 
Sounds resolved to me.