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I just got my workstation (Hephaestus) back here, and Ive fired it up, and it runs smoothly.

Great, right? Nice to have the speed back, the laptop (Kastor) was getting on my nerves...

BUT

Code:

Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]

(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.



C:\ipconfig



Windows IP Configuration



Ethernet adaptor CAT5:



     Connection-specific DNS Suffix. . : 

     Autoconfiguration IP Address. . . : 169.254.185.5

     Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0

     Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 



C:\ ipconfig /renew



Windows IP Configuration



An error occurred while renewing interface CAT5 : unable to contact your DHCP server.  Request has timed out.



C:\

Now, Fedora throws the same error (host name lookup error), but somehow it still gets an IP from somewhere.
Just having an IP is useless though, it still wont connect.

Network card is onboard, and it worked here in San Diego before break, and it worked at home during break, but now back in San Diego, it wont connect.

Ideas? Ill be battling this all weekend until Hephaestus works.

Is it still set up to use DHCP, it the cable good?

Yes and Yes, I used the same cable this morning to post this thread with Kastor.

Theres no router, Im getting the IP from san.rr.com

Out of curiousity, try bringing down the connection, dhcpcd it, bring it back up, and try again. I have a similar problem (as yet unsolved).

the IP address in your screen capture is a LOCALLY generated IP address.

There's something that's stopping it from finding the DHCP server.

If you look at the machine that works, look at the IPCONFIG /all and get those numbers. Make your IP address with all those same numbers except for the actual TCP/IP address and use a number that's not being used by any machines on your network.

if that works, then reset to DHCP and reboot and you should be fine.

like I told you on chat....cable company usually records the MAC address on the NIC of the computer logged in and will not release it until the modem is reset, then new computer works fine. I had this problem when I was seting up my home network with cable.

Maybe try connection sharing. I'm not sure how to do it in Linux, but in windows it's pretty easy. Take the desktop machine and install another NIC in it. If desktop is a win machine, enable Internet Connection Sharing on the incoming cable connection. This should set up 2nd NIC with 192.168.0.1 ip scheme and also create a DHCP server on your desktop machine with NAT capabilities. Then plug your laptop into the 2nd NIC via crossover cable or switch . Your laptop will receive an IP of 192.168.0.?, but the DNS numbers will be the same as your cable company and it wil allow you to use both computers on the same cable without having to reset your cable modem every time you want to switch out computers.

Any questions about it, find me in chat or PM me, but I don't usually do weekends.

d4in had it... problem solved

Thanks to all... stupid MAC addresses...

btw, sailor, Fedora didnt recognize the command, so your on your own...