On Sun, 11 Jan 2004 02:28:22 +0000, Luke wrote:

> On 2004-01-10, Luke <clairst@uiuc.edu> wrote:
>>
>> I'm trying to get a dhcp server up and running. I've installed the
>> debian package for dhcpd, and edited the config so that it runs on eth1.
>>
>
> Also, when running tcp dump on the dhcp client machine, i see the
> following:
>
> 20:21:28.329957 0.0.0.0.bootpc > 255.255.255.255.bootps:
> xid:somehexnumber secs:7680 file ""[|bootp] [tos 0x10]
> tcpdump: pcap_loop: recvfrom: Network is down
>
> Let me know, this is driving me nuts, since i thought I followed the
> dhcp howto pretty well...

The problem appears to be the network link not DHCP. Your DHCP
configuration is probably OK.

Have you perhaps connected the two NICs directly together and not used a
crossover cable?

Regards, Ian