dhcp

[Craig White]

robert jorgenson wrote:
> 
> okay i am running SuSE 7.2(FINALLY thanx gontran and EBo) and so far all
> i have done is ran yast2 and setup the NIC and i ran the hostname/dns
> utility and checked the box that said use dhcp to set the hostname. And
> i tried pinging stuff starting with this computer which it is hooked up
> to on a network and it worked...the i tried pinging the gateway that
> qwesy gave us and that worked...but i cant get outside to the internet.
> If anyone knows whats goin on and can help i would appreciate it MUCHO!
> thanx
> 
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type ifconfig

it should list something like...

eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:E0:29:43:F9:07
          inet addr:24.221.62.42  Bcast:24.221.62.255 
Mask:255.255.255.0
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:410999 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:344092 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:16749
          RX bytes:327112700 (311.9 Mb)  TX bytes:55661176 (53.0 Mb)

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          EtherTalk Phase 2 addr:0/0
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
          RX packets:103354 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:103354 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0
          RX bytes:48758734 (46.4 Mb)  TX bytes:48758734 (46.4 Mb)

does eth0 show up?  have an address?

then cat /etc/sysconfig/network

it should look something like this...

NETWORKING=yes
HOSTNAME="hostname.isp.tld"
GATEWAY=24.221.62.41
GATEWAYDEV=eth0

You need to have a gateway address and gateway device listed in this
file so - if you are really a dhcpcd (or pump) client, these should be
filled out automatically when you obtain an ip address.

If you are using a Cisco 675/678 DSL modem using Qwest as ISP, then you
would probably want to configure manually and forget about DHCP
altogether...

Qwest would normally configure the lan settings of a Cisco 675/678 with
an ip address of 10.0.0.1 so you could simply change your settings as
follows (manually configured)

ip address 10.0.0.2
subnet mask 255.255.255.0
gateway address 10.0.0.1
gateway device eth0

/etc/resolv.conf (for phoenix area - Qwest ISP only)

nameserver 206.80.192.1
nameserver 204.147.80.5
domain qwest.net

Craig