Well, I'm realizing what has happened here. I installed potato on my wife's machine and in the libranet cd it asked for network connection data. I entered my IP address (static IP), dns name servers, gateway, domain, etc.. then when I configured the kernel, I configured it using dhcp.
Now, I find that as long as the wife's machine is in windows, everything works fine (because it's using the dhcp connection) but in linux both machines are screwy. I tried using linuxconf (included with the distro) to edit my network configuration, but it doesn't seem to write to the proper file, in short doesn't work. Could someone please tell me how and which file to edit, so I can get her machine using dhcp in linux. Hopefully, this will solve my problem. thanks in advance Dale Morris [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I just did a dist-upgrade and installed netscape 4.76. Now it seems my > eth0 connection (cable modem) won't stay active. I am unable to connect > to anything and then when I switch to init 1 and back [ctrl-d] then I > have a connection that works. > > Has anyone else had this problem? I'm wondering if it's something from > the upgrade or a net work problem. It seems to work for a short time, > then dies. > > this time the connection died in about 4 minutes. here's the result > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ ping www.lvcm.com > ping: unknown host www.lvcm.com > > Any easy way to fix this? > > thanks > > > -- > > "For de little stealin 'dey gets you in jail soon or late. For de big stealin > 'dey makes you Emperor and puts you in de Hall o' Fame when you croaks." > Eugene O'Neill, 'The Emperor Jones' 1921 > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- "For de little stealin 'dey gets you in jail soon or late. For de big stealin 'dey makes you Emperor and puts you in de Hall o' Fame when you croaks." Eugene O'Neill, 'The Emperor Jones' 1921