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No DHCP on fresh 1.2r install

No DHCP on fresh 1.2r install
Fri, 21 Dec 2007 03:43:03 GMT
After nursing an old eCS 1.0 along for many years, I took the plunge 
and purchased eCS 1.2R. I was really looking forward to some major 
improvements. Can't say as I'm having much fun, though.

I made a fresh 2G partition (primary) on a 250G HD (slave) and 
installed 1.2R. At first, I tried just doing the Easy Install. The 
second phase bombed with some error about peer networking not being 
installed. Upon reboot, I find about half the system is installed.

Ok, not really that important, since I don't use Peer or Samba, so I 
opted to uncheck both on the second attempt at the install. I get 
through the entire 1.2R install routine the second time, but after the
final reboot, the DHCP client won't work. It just sits there counting 
down and times out. 

Ok, now what? Fine. I'll do an Advanced Install. Advanced Install has 
the same initial problem with Peer. Ok, uncheck them on the second 
attempt. Fine. Install goes fine, but again DHCP client doesn't work.

Ok, DL the 2.0 RC3. That might resolve the issue. Fine. Tried the RC3 
install. I get pretty much the same results I did with 1.2R, but it 
takes longer to get there because the RC3 install moves like a fat man
running up a hill covered in molasses after a bus.

The last time I ever did any eCS install (admittedly some time ago), I
don't remember having to do anything special to get DHCP working. It 
just did. This is getting frustrating to say the least. Thankfully, I 
haven't tried to install over my eCS 1.0, or I'd be really pissed 
right now.

It's not like I'm using any weird NIC, either. 3Com PCI 10/100 card, 
using the EL90X.OS2 driver. Working just fine on eCS 1.0.

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Re: No DHCP on fresh 1.2r install
Fri, 21 Dec 2007 10:20:24 GMT
On Fri, 21 Dec 2007 03:43:03 GMT, Jim Nuytens <no.spam@bite.me> wrote:

> Thankfully, I haven't tried to install over my eCS 1.0, or I'd be really
> pissed right now.

A stupid thing to do unless you have a backup in any case.

> It's not like I'm using any weird NIC, either. 3Com PCI 10/100 card, 
> using the EL90X.OS2 driver. Working just fine on eCS 1.0.
> 
> Anybody got an idea here?

Post your \IBMCOM\PROTOCOL.INI, \IBMCOM\LANTRAN.LOG and \MPTN\BIN\SETUP.CMD
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Re: No DHCP on fresh 1.2r install
Sat, 22 Dec 2007 00:28:11 GMT
On Fri, 21 Dec 2007 10:20:24 UTC, Paul Ratcliffe 
<abuse@orac12.clara34.co56.uk78> wrote:

> Post your \IBMCOM\PROTOCOL.INI, \IBMCOM\LANTRAN.LOG and
\MPTN\BIN\SETUP.CMD
> files.

Ok, here we go:


(PROTOCOL.INI)

[PROT_MAN]

   DRIVERNAME = PROTMAN$

[TCPIP_NIF]
DriverName = TCPIP$
BINDINGS = EL90XIO2_NIF,,,


[IBMLXCFG]

   TCPIP_NIF = tcpip.nif
   EL90XIO2_NIF = EL90XIO2.NIF

[EL90XIO2_NIF]

   DriverName = EL90X$



(LANTRAN.LOG)

LT00073: FFST/2 is installed but is not started.  LANTRAN.LOG is being
created.
IBM OS/2 LANMSGDD [05/21/04] 6.00 is loaded and operational.
IBM - OS/2 Socket/MPTS Common Transport Semantics
IBM OS/2 LAN Netbind
IBM - OS/2 Socket/MPTS NetBios Service Driver


(SETUP.CMD)

route -fh
arp -f
ifconfig lo 127.0.0.1
REM ifconfig lan0
REM ifconfig lan1
REM ifconfig lan2
REM ifconfig lan3
REM ifconfig lan4
REM ifconfig lan5
REM ifconfig lan6
REM ifconfig lan7 
dhcpstrt -i lan0 -d 45
REM ifconfig sl0
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Re: No DHCP on fresh 1.2r install
Sat, 22 Dec 2007 11:59:26 GMT
On Sat, 22 Dec 2007 00:28:11 GMT, Jim Nuytens <no.spam@bite.me> wrote:

> On Fri, 21 Dec 2007 10:20:24 UTC, Paul Ratcliffe 
><abuse@orac12.clara34.co56.uk78> wrote:
> 
>> Post your \IBMCOM\PROTOCOL.INI, \IBMCOM\LANTRAN.LOG and
\MPTN\BIN\SETUP.CMD
>> files.
> 
> Ok, here we go:

Nothing apparently wrong there. Can you post the lines from your CONFIG.SYS
file which contain \IBMCOM .
You could also do an "iptrace lan0" followed by "ipformat"
while running
"dhcpstrt" manually.
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Re: No DHCP on fresh 1.2r install
Sat, 22 Dec 2007 12:09:30 GMT
On Sat, 22 Dec 2007 11:59:26 GMT, Paul Ratcliffe
<abuse@orac12.clara34.co56.uk78> wrote:

> Nothing apparently wrong there. Can you post the lines from your
CONFIG.SYS
> file which contain \IBMCOM .
> You could also do an "iptrace lan0" followed by
"ipformat" while running
> "dhcpstrt" manually.
> A "netstat -an" afterwards may be useful as well.

Other things to check as well are files PROTOCOL, SERVICES and DHCPCD.CFG in
\MPTN\ETC - you should be able to compare these with your working setup.

You could always try a static IP setup to see if it is a DHCP problem or
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