{Solved} no response to dhcpcd on new install

Question

I've bought a new PC (Asus P5QL PRO MB + Intel E5200) and can't get it connected to my Netcomm NB1300+4 modem/switch because dhcpcd times out wating for an IP address. This occurs if I boot using either the archlinux-2008.6-x86_64 and archlinux-2008.12-archboot usb install images. The problem persists even after doing the install to hard disk and then manually copying pkg files and upgrading the kernel and dhcpcd to the latest stable versions (2.6.27.10-1 and 4.0.7-1). The onboard ethernet is recognized, I've also inserted a PCI ethernet card and still nothing. Using the same cable and switch port I can connect the computer being replaced (Asrock P 4i65G + Pentium 4) with no problem booting from either Arch on the hard disk or off the usb installation images.
Below is what tcpdump sees when dhcpcd is requesting an IP number. I presume the ARP packets at the end is evidence of incoming traffic from the modem/switch, but there is no repsonce to the DHCP request:
19:44:51.000349 IP (tos 0x10, ttl 16, id 0, offset 0, flags [none], proto UDP (17), length 328)
    0.0.0.0.bootpc > 255.255.255.255.bootps: BOOTP/DHCP, Request from 00:22:15:a3:56:0f (oui Unknown), length 300, xid 0x2292442a, Flags [none] (0x0000)
      Client-Ethernet-Address 00:22:15:a3:56:0f (oui Unknown) [|bootp]
19:44:59.000303 IP (tos 0x10, ttl 16, id 0, offset 0, flags [none], proto UDP (17), length 328)
    0.0.0.0.bootpc > 255.255.255.255.bootps: BOOTP/DHCP, Request from 00:22:15:a3:56:0f (oui Unknown), length 300, xid 0x2292442a, secs 8, Flags [none] (0x0000)
      Client-Ethernet-Address 00:22:15:a3:56:0f (oui Unknown) [|bootp]
19:45:06.000297 IP (tos 0x10, ttl 16, id 0, offset 0, flags [none], proto UDP (17), length 328)
    0.0.0.0.bootpc > 255.255.255.255.bootps: BOOTP/DHCP, Request from 00:22:15:a3:56:0f (oui Unknown), length 300, xid 0x2292442a, secs 15, Flags [none] (0x0000)
      Client-Ethernet-Address 00:22:15:a3:56:0f (oui Unknown) [|bootp]
19:45:20.000308 IP (tos 0x10, ttl 16, id 0, offset 0, flags [none], proto UDP (17), length 328)
    0.0.0.0.bootpc > 255.255.255.255.bootps: BOOTP/DHCP, Request from 00:22:15:a3:56:0f (oui Unknown), length 300, xid 0x2292442a, secs 29, Flags [none] (0x0000)
      Client-Ethernet-Address 00:22:15:a3:56:0f (oui Unknown) [|bootp]
19:45:33.343452 ARP, Ethernet (len 6), IPv4 (len 4), Request who-has 192.168.1.1 tell 192.168.1.5, length 46
19:45:36.000289 IP (tos 0x10, ttl 16, id 0, offset 0, flags [none], proto UDP (17), length 328)
    0.0.0.0.bootpc > 255.255.255.255.bootps: BOOTP/DHCP, Request from 00:22:15:a3:56:0f (oui Unknown), length 300, xid 0x2292442a, secs 45, Flags [none] (0x0000)
      Client-Ethernet-Address 00:22:15:a3:56:0f (oui Unknown) [|bootp]
19:45:55.203906 ARP, Ethernet (len 6), IPv4 (len 4), Request who-has 192.168.1.196 tell 192.168.1.5, length 46
19:45:55.912891 ARP, Ethernet (len 6), IPv4 (len 4), Request who-has 192.168.1.254 tell 192.168.1.1, length 46
19:46:02.995293 ARP, Ethernet (len 6), IPv4 (len 4), Request who-has 192.168.1.254 tell 192.168.1.1, length 46
19:46:05.022399 ARP, Ethernet (len 6), IPv4 (len 4), Request who-has 192.168.1.254 tell 192.168.1.1, length 46
19:46:09.049881 ARP, Ethernet (len 6), IPv4 (len 4), Request who-has 192.168.1.254 tell 192.168.1.1, length 46
19:46:23.039294 ARP, Ethernet (len 6), IPv4 (len 4), Request who-has 192.168.1.254 tell 192.168.1.1, length 46
It's almost as if network traffic can get in but isn't getting out. Any suggestions for what I should try next.
Last edited by moggux (2009-01-11 11:46:05)

Answer 1

I bought this exact motherboard just a couple of days ago and I'm having the exact problem. So all you did was update the BIOS and it started working? I did that, but i'm still having problems.
Last edited by knopper92 (2009-08-15 02:38:14)