I have just gotten my Linode activated. Now it is running Ubuntu 7.04 image. I can connect using Linode shell but not with normal ssh.

I check and it seems that my linode is not getting any DHCP offer despite it is in stock configuration.

Can someone help me with this?

I ran ifdown eth0 and then ifup eth0
No DHCPOFFERS received

I just created a Ubuntu 7.04 image just to see if I would get an ip from the dhcp server. As you can see below I got one:

Password:
Linux none 2.6.21.1-linode32 #1 Sun May 6 17:50:51 EDT 2007 i686

The programs included with the Ubuntu system are free software;
the exact distribution terms for each program are described in the
individual files in /usr/share/doc/*/copyright.

Ubuntu comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by
applicable law.
root@none:~ # ifconfig
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr FE:FD:40:16:7C:80
          inet addr:64.22.124.128  Bcast:64.22.124.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::fcfd:40ff:fe16:7c80/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:101 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:58 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:21015 (20.5 KiB)  TX bytes:10416 (10.1 KiB)
          Interrupt:5

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:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)

root@none:~ #

So if you didn't make any changes to your image, the problem is not on your end. Then there probably is a problem with linodes dhcp server. I would write a support ticket about it if I wouldn't get an answer here within a day. Linodes staff, especially Caker usually reads these forums and answers quickly.

I guess it is just my unluckiness cause I deleted my profile and images then deploy Ubuntu 7.04 via the wizard.

And here is my ifconfig and route -n dump

eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr FE:FD:43:12:5C:6D
inet6 addr: fe80::fcfd:43ff:fe12:5c6d/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:70 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:17 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:8989 (8.7 KiB) TX bytes:4230 (4.1 KiB)
Interrupt:5

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:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)

root@none:~ # route -n
Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface

dhclient doesn't receive a DHCP offer so ....