help after configuration CentOS 4.7

[abdulrhman]

hey guys

i started configuration Centos 4.7 server by following this tutorial

http://www.howtoforge.com/perfect-server-centos-4.8-i386-ispconfig-2

and after i finish

i plug in the laptop to the switch which is connected to the server

but the problem is the laptop couldn't take an IP

i don't from where to start troubleshoot the problem

so if u guys just give or guide for something to solve this out


regards

[gerald_clark]

The switch must also be plugged into your DHCP server.
This is likely your router.

[abdulrhman]

[quote]
gerald_clark wrote:
The switch must also be plugged into your DHCP server.
This is likely your router.[/quote]


look to what i did

[abdulrhman]

[quote]
gerald_clark wrote:
The switch must also be plugged into your DHCP server.
This is likely your router.[/quote]


look to what i did

i attached the digraim

[img align=left]http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/196664/switich%282%29.jpg[/img]

[pschaff]

Many ways to do IP address assignment and we don't know what your network does. Is the server running a DHCP service, and how does it get its address? Does it have a public IP, or is it on a local NAT subnet behind a router?


My home setup looks like this:
[code]
ISP
|
|
Cable Modem
|
|
Router/DHCP/Switch/Wireless_AP---------------
| | | | : :
WS WS WS Server Laptop Laptop
[/code]

Where "|" represents a wired connection and ":" is wireless. There is one public IP address assigned by the ISP which goes to the router. It passes out private addresses in the 192.168.1.0/24 range using NAT to through the router to get to the outside world. If things are different on your network, please describe.