server and router

[kkiedrowski]

I have a server running slackware 10.2
a linksys router wrt54g
the last few days the router seems to be acting up
the server has a static IP address not in the DHCP range of the router.
The other machine conencted to the router cannot get an ip address until I either reset the router OR disconenct the linux server from the router.
This leads me to beleive that the server's netowrk card is the problem but I am not sure how to verify this. Can anyone give me a hint of what to try next?

 

[Annihilannic]

Is your Linux system running a dhcpd? Maybe they are both answering the DHCP request.

Annihilannic.

 

[thedaver]

MY guess too

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[kkiedrowski]

I think I jumped the gun that it was the linux box. right after I posted all of this everything went crazy again. I tried disconencting the linux box and nothing was working. Used a different router... and all was good.

 

[kkiedrowski]

ok I am stuill having the problem
the new router works longer but not perfectly.
i do not have dhcp setup or configured to run on the linux server.
Now I am at a loss

 

[Annihilannic]

What are the exact symptoms? Is the link working, and then it stops? Which system(s) stop working? Have you tried using static IP addresses instead?

Annihilannic.

 

[kkiedrowski]

the problem is that the workstation loses its IP settings.
If I reset the router then it appeares to work fine.
Now I was going over the problem and the router is a few years old and the replacment one I am using is even older. The older one I have because the person before had to keep restting it because their wirless stopped responding. Since I am not usuing the wireless function I was hoping that I could use this router no problem. Perhaps it is something with the router itself.

 

[Annihilannic]

Regardless of the router's behaviour it's strange that the workstation should lose its IP settings unless they are offered on a very short lease. What operating system is it? If it's Winsomething it may be worth asking in the appropriate forum(s).

Annihilannic.