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Why does dhclient fail with my ISP's DHCP server on a virtual interface?

Recently I switched from a T1 to a residential cable service (Comcast). I have a virtual machine (XenServer 5.6) running Debian 6.0.6 that is acting as the default gateway for my home network, but for ...
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how to solve the problem of network DHCP when I install Debian?

I am trying to install Debian 6, but I have a problem every time I pass through the network part, it says cannot recognize the DHCP and couldnt connect to the network, so, I tried manually to ...
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Connecting Debian webserver to network

I am currently running a webserver with Debian 5.0.2. It has been working (more or less) fine for the past 2-3 years but recently it went down due to some power-outage. Ever since I have brought it ...
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How to force Debian to wait for DHCP

I am running Debian squeeze in a virtual machine (VirtualBox). The machine has two interfaces: eth0 in "Host-only" mode so that the machine is accessible from the outside; and eth1 in "NAT" mode so ...
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Setting up ad-hoc in Debian with DHCP?

I made a quick search and found a doc that showed me a way to setup ad-hoc. Only problem is that I need this to work with my phone (WP7) and I'm not able to set a static IP on the phone so I need the ...
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Force usage of DNS server provided by DHCP?

I got a preconfigured debian image that gets it's network configuration by DHCP, however the DNS server is/was fixed to 8.8.8.8. This was configured using /etc/resolv.conf, so I deleted all the ...
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Debian dhcpd “No subnet declaration for eth0”

I am trying to set up a pxe boot server on a Debian 6.0.3 Squeeze machine that gives images of PLoP Linux. I was following a tutorial from ...
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How to overcome libc resolver limitation of maximum 3 nameservers?

Suppose I work in environment with number of domain changes and slow propagation. I want to test domain configuration immediately after setting change but the propagation is slow. So I want to add ...
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Debian Wheezy netinstall can't configure DHCP

I am reinstalling my Debian system with the Wheezy netinstall image on a USB drive. I have a wireless router that also comes with ethernet ports, so I could either connect to my LAN via wifi OR ...