client ignores DHCPOFFER

[Martin Miethe]

Hi NG!

I try to use Linux Terminal Server 4.2 on Fedora 6.

My problem now is that my client does not get an IP adress
from the DHCP server (3.0.4).
The client just seems to ignore the DHCPOFFER command.

To boot the client, I use a CD image from rom-o-matic.net.
On the clients display, it says "Searching for Server (DHCP)" and
then it keeps telling me ".No IP adress"

At the same time, the Linux log keeps saying:
> dhcpd: DHCPDISCOVER from 00:05:5d:94:c1:fb via eth0
> dhcpd: DHCPOFFER on 192.168.1.97 to 00:05:5d:94:c1:fb via eth0

When I take out the CD and boot WinXP on the same machine from HDD,
which I got set up to use DHCP, it just seems to work fine:
> Feb 27 14:16:11 linuxtest dhcpd: DHCPREQUEST for 192.168.1.97 from 00:05:5d:94:c1:fb via eth0
> Feb 27 14:16:11 linuxtest dhcpd: DHCPACK on 192.168.1.97 to 00:05:5d:94:c1:fb via eth0

an ipconfig -all at the windows shell confirms this.

This is what really confuses me. It works on Windows, but when booting
from CD it wont configure the network card?

Network card is an D-Link DFE-530TX PCI.
I use the via-rhine:dlink-530tx [0x1106,0x3065] ISO image from
rom-o-matic.net.

Do you have any ideas/suggestions where the problem could be?

Thanks a lot in advance
Martin

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My dchp.conf file:
> ddns-update-style ad-hoc;    
> default-lease-time            21600;
> max-lease-time                21600;
> option subnet-mask            255.255.255.0;
> option broadcast-address      192.168.1.255;
> option routers                192.168.1.1;
> option domain-name-servers    192.168.1.1;
> option domain-name            "protourschile";
> option root-path              "192.168.1.9:/opt/ltsp/i386";
> 
>     
> shared-network WORKSTATIONS {
>     subnet 192.168.1.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 {
>     }
> }
>     
> group	{
>     use-host-decl-names       on;
>     option log-servers        192.168.1.9;
>     filename "/lts/vmlinuz-2.6.17.8-ltsp-1";
>     
>     host ws055 {
>         hardware ethernet     00:05:5D:94:C1:FB;
>         fixed-address         192.168.1.55;
>     }
> 
>     host ws021 {
>         hardware ethernet     00:0D:88:F5:CC:20;
>         fixed-address         192.168.1.21;
>     }
> 
> 
> }