DHCP oddness

[NoOp]

On 04/04/2007 07:23 AM, Bart Silverstrim wrote:
> Anyone experience anything like this?
> 
> I have Ubuntu Feisty-Beta running on a Dell Optiplex GX260.  Because  
> of a quick fix job that had to be done, the hub the system was  
> plugged into was removed, so the system was running but didn't have  
> network access.
> 
> When I got back I plugged the system into a wall socket for network  
> connectivity instead of going into the hub it was on before.  While  
> it would say it was on a wired network, DHCP would *not* pull a new  
> address.  I shut down the interface (ifconfig eth0 down) and brought  
> it back up, still nothing.  I switched patch cables, still nothing.   
> Only rebooting the computer allowed it to correctly pull an address.
> 
> Anyone run into this before?
> 
> -Bart
> 

System|Administration|Synaptic System Manager|Search|Network
remove the network manager & network-manager-gnome

Reboot.

Once you've done that, reconfigure your network via the standard
System|Administration|Network settings.

then

sudo dhclient

Reboot.

You should be fine thereafter.

Unless you have wireless connections, removing the above will greatly
enhance your life :-)

http://www.google.com/search?q=ubuntu+%2Bbugs+%2Bnetwork-manager