If that were the issue, wireshark wouldn't detect the incoming DHCPDISCOVER. -Justin On Mon, Dec 8, 2008 at 10:28 PM, Ryan Mullen <rmullen@xxxxxx> wrote: > On my Debian machine, the RUNNING flag gets asserted as soon as the ethernet > cable is plugged in, and gets removed when the cable is removed. Is there a > possibility that the cable isn't plugged in completely, that it was > incorrectly crimped, or that the other end isn't hooked up correctly? Make > sure the LED on the NIC (if it exists) is lit to confirm the cable's seated > snugly. > > Ryan > > On Mon, 8 Dec 2008, Justin Williamson wrote: > >> Yeah, though I switched over to CentOS to see if that fared any >> better. Same issue, different distro. >> >> -Justin > > _________ > BU LUG: http://lug.bu.edu. To unsubscribe, email > bulug-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the subject field. > _________ BU LUG: http://lug.bu.edu. To unsubscribe, email bulug-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the subject field.