Networking

[Matt Alexander]

Hi Tom,
First off, I would recommend upgrading to RH 7.1 as soon as possible.  7.0 had 
a lot of annoying quirks and bugs.  7.1 is actually very nice.
In order for us to help you with this, we'll need a bit of system info.
Type the following and send us the results:

ifconfig

(This will output the configuration information for your interface)

cat /etc/resolv.conf

(This file lists nameservers and default domain info)

cat /etc/dhcpc/dhcpcd-eth0.info

(This file contains your dhcp client info)

cat /etc/sysconfig/network

(Permanent network configuration info)

cat /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0

(More permanent network configuration info)


There's also a tool called "netcfg" that you can run as root from the command 
line (it might even be listed in your "Start" menu somewhere).  It's a GUI 
program that will allow you to configure your network interfaces.  Poke around 
in it and look at how your interface is currently setup.  There's also a pull 
down menu that allows you to switch an interface between a static IP address 
and getting it from a DHCP server.
~M


Quoting Tom Achtenberg <Tom@Achtenberg.com>:

> I have a simple 5 machine NT network with one hub.  I am hooked up to
> Qwest's VDSL service which supplies the IP addresses so there is a
> gateway
> here but I cannot configure it.  My Win 98 and Win 2K machines have
> no
> problem.  I just completed a RH 7.0 workstation install and want that
> machine on the network and to access the web.  I have not been able to
> get
> any documentation as to how to do this.
> 
> Date: Sat, 28 Jul 2001 09:49:22 -0700 (MST)
> From: Patrick Fleming <pfleming@infomagic.net>
> To: "'PLUG Phoenix Linux Users Group'"
> <plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us>
> Subject: Re: Networking
> Reply-To: plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us
> 
> On Sat, 28 Jul 2001, Tom Achtenberg wrote:
> 
> > I finally got my RH Linux 7.0 box up and running.  Now I need to
> figure
> out
> > the network configuration.  I have an NT network but get the IP
> addresses
> > from Qwest as part of my VDSL service.  When I boot I get a fail on
> the
> eth0
> > "Determining IP info"  When I installed I selected to configure with
> DHCP.
> > I do not see this box over my network and cannot access the internet
> with
> > it.  Can anyone help with this configuration?
> 
> Where is it looking for the DHCP server? If it is only looking at your
> internal network and not at the Qwest network, then it will probably
> not
> find the DHCP server, if you don't have one installed. Tell us a
> little
> more about the structure of the network, how many machines, routers
> etc.
> Patrick
> 
> >
> > Tom Achtenberg
> >
> 
> 
> 
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