DHCP - KUBUNTU 7.04`

[Brian McKee]

On 12/06/07, JD <jdangler at atlantic.net> wrote:
> I must say this is pretty frustrating...
> I set up dhcp on eth0 at work.
> I brought my laptop home, and no matter what I do (even wiping out the
> /etc/network/interfaces file), when I restart networking, restart kdm, or
> even reboot, KUbuntu shows my dhcp address from WORK...
> My only conclusion is that either whatever avahi is it's storing information
> separate from networking on Linux...
> Or
> KUbuntu has a serious flaw in the networking corner...
> (I tried setting separate profiles in knetworkmanager, but that tool is
> useless - it doesn't "set up" anything)...
>
> Any help is appreciated.  I need to get this working soon so that I can have
> access to the VPN at work.  My job depends on it...
>

Are you sure DHCP is working at home?
What does sudo tail -f /var/log/messages say when you do an
/etc/init.d/networking restart?

And what's the current contents of /etc/networking/interfaces ?