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PIX 501 dhcp issue (default config)

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ciscokidjt

ciscokidjt

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Feb 17, 2000
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I have a PIX 501 out of the box that won't pull dhcp from my cable modem. My understanding is that it should do so with it's default config. I know for sure that my cable modem is providing dhcp, and that it's not based on hostname because I switch back and forth between my home pc and work laptop all of the time. Any help would be greatly appreciated here!
 
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Post the config from your PIX, we can take a look at it and see what is wrong....

burke
 
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Have you consoled into the PIX and made sure the port is up? Mine was adminstratively down when I unboxed it. I have seen it where the vendor blocks mac addresses for DHCP by vendor code. In other words, if the mac pops up as a cisco device, the DHCP server will not serve out an IP. Stupid but true. Some nonsense about putting LANs on the connection and if you want that, then get a commercial account or buy more IPs at some outragous amount.

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Yeah, I can see stupid ISP's doing that, they'll do anything for a buck(or lots at the prices they charge)... I just got my PIX a couple days ago, and it was up and running for me, but who knows....

A little off topic, but Mike, how do you enable logging on a PIX 501 or 506, and what command do you use to show it on the console instead of setting up a syslog server? Thanks for the help...

ciscokidjt,
let us know what happens or send us a config...

burke
 
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Turns out we had to enter a dhcp setroute command on the outside interface to get it to pull dhcp. Once it did that we were all set. thanks for the responses!
 
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Good, glad to here it is back up.

Mike, nevermind about the question....I'm stupid.... [neutral]

burke
 
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No problem burke.. brain-farts are allowed :)

Glad to hear about the DHCP resolution. It's always nice when it's something simple.

MikeS
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