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Re: DHCP failure (was Re: Unidentified subject!)

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Op Thu, 29 Sep 2016 01:18:02 +0200 schreef Dan Ritter  
<dsr@randomstring.org>:

> On Wed, Sep 28, 2016 at 03:30:04PM -0700, holtzm@cox.net wrote:
>> Clean install of deb8 (jessie)on my Thinkpad T4220i laptop. went well
>> except for the fact that the network configuration
>> with DCP failed.
>>
>> I was given 3 options.
>> 1) try it again. This was hope over experience.
>> 2) configure manually. Great if I had the first inkling how. I'm a
>> complete neophyte when it
>>    comes to networking.
>> 3) continue without configuring a network. The only one that would let
>> me continue the
>>    installation.
>>
>> I have a functioning desktop pc so I compred some files w/ the laptop.
>>
>> /etc/networks was identical as was /etc/network/interfaces (from what I
>> could see) and /etc/NetworkManager.
>>
>> I looked at "man interfaces" but quickly got in over my head.
>>
>> Multiple installs resulted in the same failure.
>
> Normally, you would have a DHCP server, perhaps included in your
> router, which would hand out local IP addresses.
>
> Possible cause 1: you don't.
>
> Possible cause 2: you do, but it is full or configured not to
> give this machine an IP.
>
> Most likely cause: underlying networking is not working right.
>
> Ethernet or wifi?
>
> What does "ip l" tell you? "ip a", too.
>
> -dsr-
>

If it is wifi, I think you need the firmware-iwlwifi package from non-free  
for this laptop
https://wiki.debian.org/iwlwifi

Floris

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Unidentified subject! <holtzm@cox.net> - 2016-09-29 00:50 +0200
  DHCP failure (was Re: Unidentified subject!) Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2016-09-29 01:20 +0200
    Re: DHCP failure (was Re: Unidentified subject!) Floris <jkfloris@dds.nl> - 2016-09-29 12:10 +0200
  Can't set up network on Debian 8 fresh install [was: Unidentified  subject!] <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2016-09-29 11:40 +0200
    Re: Can't set up network on Debian 8 fresh install [was:  Unidentified  subject!] Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2016-09-29 12:30 +0200
      Re: Can't set up network on Debian 8 fresh install [was: Unidentified  subject!] Eike Lantzsch <zp6cge@gmx.net> - 2016-09-29 13:20 +0200
        Re: Can't set up network on Debian 8 fresh install [was:  Unidentified  subject!] Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2016-09-29 16:40 +0200
    Re: Can't set up network on Debian 8 fresh install [was:  Unidentified subject!] Bob Holtzman <holtzm@cox.net> - 2016-10-24 00:40 +0200
      Re: Can't set up network on Debian 8 fresh install [was:  Unidentified subject!] <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2016-10-25 11:20 +0200
        Re: Can't set up network on Debian 8 fresh install [was:  Unidentified subject!] Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2016-10-25 12:00 +0200
          Re: Can't set up network on Debian 8 fresh install [was:  Unidentified subject!] <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2016-10-25 12:40 +0200
            Re: Can't set up network on Debian 8 fresh install [was:  Unidentified subject!] Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2016-10-25 13:00 +0200
              Re: Can't set up network on Debian 8 fresh install [was:  Unidentified subject!] <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2016-10-25 13:30 +0200
                Re: Can't set up network on Debian 8 fresh install [was:  Unidentified subject!] Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2016-10-25 14:10 +0200
                Re: Can't set up network on Debian 8 fresh install [was:  Unidentified subject!] <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2016-10-25 14:40 +0200

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