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Arup Malakar <amalakar@gmail.com> wrote:<br /><blockquote class="webmail-quote" style="padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 5px; margin-left: 5px; border-left: #000000 2px solid; margin-right: 0px"><div class="message-0-1" style="position:relative;">Hello dhcp-users,<br /><br />The isp dhcp server doesn't offer me network details if I am requesting it from Linux. If I request the same from windows it happily grants me<br />ip address along with other details. Is their a way I could configure dhclient to pose as windows so that the isp doesn't know I am on linux and grants me ip address.<br /><br />I am using Reliance, WiMax. Where the basestation is connected to an antenna, and I connect my laptop using a lan chord to the base station.<br />I first need to get the network configuration using dhcp and then authenticate in the ISP's web interface. But when I am on Linux acquiring network address using dhcp client <br />itself fails. I tried the following configuration in /etc/dhcp3/dhclient.conf<br /><br />interface "eth0" {<br /> send dhcp-client-identifier 1:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX;<br /> send dhcp-lease-time 86400;<br /> send vendor-class-identifier "MSFT 5.0";<br /> }<br /><br />Where XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX is the mac address of the ethernet card. I tried this configuration<br />both in Ubuntu Gutsy, Debian Etch but no luck till now. I am desperate to get internet connection on<br />my linux boxes. I would appreciate any help/pointer.<br /><br clear="all" /><br />Thanks and Regards, <br />Arup Malakar<br /></div></blockquote><div> <br /><br />Have you tried releasing the IP form Windows before requesting IP from Linux. Or let the lese time out. If neigher worksy you should contact the ISP to hear if they may have something misconfigured.<br /><br />/Lars<br /></div><div> </div><div> </div><blockquote class="webmail-quote" style="padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 5px; margin-left: 5px; border-left: #000000 2px solid; margin-right: 0px"><div class="message-0-1" style="position:relative;"><div style="clear:both;line-height:0;font-size:1px"> </div></div></blockquote>
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