BEFORE RUNNING ifconfig eth0 mtu 1400 andediting dhclient.conf: ================================================================ s0094060@themovies:~$ sudo dhclient eth0 Password: Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client V3.0.4 Copyright 2004-2006 Internet Systems Consortium. All rights reserved. For info, please visit http://www.isc.org/sw/dhcp/ Listening on LPF/eth0/00:40:f4:4c:fb:71 Sending on LPF/eth0/00:40:f4:4c:fb:71 Sending on Socket/fallback DHCPREQUEST on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 send_packet: Message too long DHCPREQUEST on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 send_packet: Message too long DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 5 send_packet: Message too long DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 11 send_packet: Message too long DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 11 send_packet: Message too long DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 16 send_packet: Message too long DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 18 send_packet: Message too long No DHCPOFFERS received. Trying recorded lease 10.0.0.10 PING 10.0.0.2 (10.0.0.2) 56(84) bytes of data. --- 10.0.0.2 ping statistics --- 1 packets transmitted, 1 received, 0% packet loss, time 0ms rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 1.936/1.936/1.936/0.000 ms bound: renewal in 987579724 seconds. s0094060@themovies:~$ ping -a www.google.com PING www.l.google.com (66.102.9.147) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from 66.102.9.147: icmp_seq=1 ttl=243 time=61.2 ms 64 bytes from 66.102.9.147: icmp_seq=2 ttl=243 time=58.8 ms --- www.l.google.com ping statistics --- 2 packets transmitted, 2 received, 0% packet loss, time 1000ms rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 58.894/60.075/61.256/1.181 ms s0094060@themovies:~$ ping -a www.google.com PING www.l.google.com (66.102.9.99) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from 66.102.9.99: icmp_seq=1 ttl=243 time=57.2 ms 64 bytes from 66.102.9.99: icmp_seq=2 ttl=243 time=57.5 ms 64 bytes from 66.102.9.99: icmp_seq=3 ttl=243 time=57.9 ms 64 bytes from 66.102.9.99: icmp_seq=4 ttl=243 time=56.5 ms 64 bytes from 66.102.9.99: icmp_seq=5 ttl=243 time=56.9 ms 64 bytes from 66.102.9.99: icmp_seq=6 ttl=243 time=57.4 ms 64 bytes from 66.102.9.99: icmp_seq=7 ttl=243 time=56.9 ms 64 bytes from 66.102.9.99: icmp_seq=8 ttl=243 time=56.3 ms 64 bytes from 66.102.9.99: icmp_seq=9 ttl=243 time=58.7 ms 64 bytes from 66.102.9.99: icmp_seq=10 ttl=243 time=59.1 ms 64 bytes from 66.102.9.99: icmp_seq=11 ttl=243 time=55.6 ms 64 bytes from 66.102.9.99: icmp_seq=12 ttl=243 time=56.1 ms 64 bytes from 66.102.9.99: icmp_seq=13 ttl=243 time=56.5 ms 64 bytes from 66.102.9.99: icmp_seq=14 ttl=243 time=57.9 ms 64 bytes from 66.102.9.99: icmp_seq=15 ttl=243 time=57.1 ms --- www.l.google.com ping statistics --- 15 packets transmitted, 15 received, 0% packet loss, time 14075ms rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 55.677/57.216/59.125/0.936 ms s0094060@themovies:~$ ping -a www.ubuntu.com PING www.ubuntu.com (82.211.81.166) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from signey.ubuntu.com (82.211.81.166): icmp_seq=1 ttl=50 time=45.1 ms 64 bytes from signey.ubuntu.com (82.211.81.166): icmp_seq=2 ttl=50 time=46.0 ms 64 bytes from signey.ubuntu.com (82.211.81.166): icmp_seq=3 ttl=50 time=46.4 ms 64 bytes from signey.ubuntu.com (82.211.81.166): icmp_seq=4 ttl=50 time=44.9 ms 64 bytes from signey.ubuntu.com (82.211.81.166): icmp_seq=5 ttl=50 time=45.4 ms --- www.ubuntu.com ping statistics --- 5 packets transmitted, 5 received, 0% packet loss, time 4001ms rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 44.940/45.616/46.498/0.593 ms s0094060@themovies:~$ ===================================================================================== Output of ifconfig: eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:40:F4:4C:FB:71 inet addr:10.0.0.10 Bcast:255.255.255.255 Mask:255.0.0.0 UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:64 Metric:1 RX packets:104 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:171 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:13531 (13.2 KiB) TX bytes:12032 (11.7 KiB) Interrupt:10 Base address:0xa000 lo Link encap:Local Loopback inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1 RX packets:32 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:32 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:3580 (3.4 KiB) TX bytes:3580 (3.4 KiB) ========================================================================================== Output of lspci: 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82850 850 (Tehama) Chipset Host Bridge (MCH) (rev 02) 00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82850 850 (Tehama) Chipset AGP Bridge (rev 02) 00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev 04) 00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801BA ISA Bridge (LPC) (rev 04) 00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801BA IDE U100 (rev 04) 00:1f.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801BA/BAM USB (Hub #1) (rev 04) 00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801BA/BAM SMBus (rev 04) 00:1f.4 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801BA/BAM USB (Hub #2) (rev 04) 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV11 [GeForce2 MX/MX 400] (rev b2) 02:07.0 Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs SB Live! EMU10k1 (rev 07) 02:07.1 Input device controller: Creative Labs SB Live! MIDI/Game Port (rev 07) 02:08.0 Ethernet controller: National Semiconductor Corporation DP83815 (MacPhyter) Ethernet Controller ====================================================================================================== After running ifconfig eth0 mtu 1400 and editing dhclient.conf: s0094060@themovies:~$ sudo dhclient eth0 There is already a pid file /var/run/dhclient.pid with pid 8581 killed old client process, removed PID file Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client V3.0.4 Copyright 2004-2006 Internet Systems Consortium. All rights reserved. For info, please visit http://www.isc.org/sw/dhcp/ Listening on LPF/eth0/00:40:f4:4c:fb:71 Sending on LPF/eth0/00:40:f4:4c:fb:71 Sending on Socket/fallback DHCPREQUEST on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 DHCPACK from 10.0.0.2 bound to 10.0.0.10 -- renewal in 987578895 seconds.