Red Hat

Hi frnds

I am testing DHCP server on vmware.I have two REDHAT 9 vmware machine.DHCP is installed on one machine and second machine is using as a client .I have configured DHCP with Ip Address ,Mask and Gateway.But client machine is not getting ip address.When i type ifconfig command on client it shows 127.0.0.1 loop back address and when i type service network restart it shows "Determining ip info for eth0....failed; no link present.check cable ?

please help me

Thanks

I don't think it's a RedHat issue. Are you using ESX or Workstation for testing? In either case, shutdown the vm. Remove the virtual NIC from the vm config and then re-add it. Do make sure that the NIC is on the same network as the DHCP server. Otherwise things will not work.

I would also seriously recommend NOT using Red Hat 9 for your testing. As it has been end of lifed and support has been terminated, I would suggest you go with a distribution that is not 9 years old at this point.

I am using ESX .one more thing is my xp vmware client getting ip address from DHCP but my linux client having the above problem.I have re added the Nic but still same problem .

What's the Adpater Type you selected: E1000? Also, as Mark said, we need to consider the age of the OS version you are using. Is the NIC showing up is you do an "ifconfig -a"? Is yes, what happens when you manually assign the IP? Can you ping the DHCP server after manually assigning the IP?

Dear Vaibhav.T,
please make sure that your file on client machine

Code:

/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0  (plz replace 0 with your NIC number)

have the following line with the same arguments

Code:

BOOTPROTO=dhcp

Dear All

Thanks for Reply.problem has solved.