Sending DHCP requests .... timed out

[Federico Sevilla III]

On Thu, Dec 08, 2005 at 04:33:09PM +0900, Gavin Tran wrote:
> I've been using FAI to setup 8 clusters of Debian 3.1 Sarge.
> Everything went fine until it reach the DHCP requests error.
> 
> Sending DHCP requests .... timed out !
> IP-Config : Reopening network devices....
> 
> The DHCP server got my client IP address at first, for example
> 192.168.11.7
> 
> But then client couldn't reach the server. It sounds a little bit
> strange.
> 
> I have read another thread in which had same problem. I heard that
> there was problem with Cisco switch in working with FAI so I've tried
> to change to another hub , switch, but the problem is still there.  My
> ethernet card is SysKonnect Marvell (sk98lin). I've recompiled kernel
> with sk98lin server integrated permanently.
> 
> Any suggestions for that problem.

I'm curious: are you using a gigabit ethernet switch? You will have
problems with DHCP for PXE booting when using a gigabit ethernet switch
with a gigabit ethernet card. I still don't have a workaround for this.
Any tips on how to get this combination working would be greatly
appreciated.

 --> Jijo

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