hi ya anthony

On Thu, 15 Sep 2005, Anthony Campbell wrote:

> desktop:
> 
> /etc/hosts:
> 
> 127.0.0.1     localhost loopback 
> 192.168.0.20    arcadia.acampbell.org.uk arcadia 
> arcadia.acupuncturecourse.org.uk accampbell.uklinux.net
> 192.168.0.22 thinkpad ibm

for testing, change all that .. delete the garbage what was deleted in
this email example

  127.0.0.1     localhost.localdomain localhost
  192.168.0.20    arcadia.acampbell.org.uk arcadia 
  192.168.0.22 thinkpad.acampbell.org.uk ibmthinkpad

> /etc/resolv.conf
> 
> search
  search  acampbell.org.uk

> nameserver 80.84.64.20
> nameserver 80.84.72.20

 
> laptop:
> 
> /etc/resolv.conf
> 
> search acampbell.org.uk
> nameserver 80.84.64.20
> nameserver 80.84.72.20

good on the laptop you did have the correct "search" but your desktop did
not 

> /etc/hosts
> 
> 127.0.0.1       localhost.localdomain   localhost
> 192.168.0.22    ibm.acampbell.org.uk    ibm thinkpad
> 192.168.0.20   arcadia

  192.168.0.20   arcadia.acampbell.org.uk arcadia

> > > ac:/usr/share/doc/shorewall:$ ifconfig -a
> > > eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:06:1B:DE:4B:CF
> > 
> > bad .. this does NOT have an ip# assigned to it ...
> > ===================================================

ifconfig  eth0  192.168.0.20
 
> > > wifi0     Link encap:UNSPEC  HWaddr 
> > > 00-40-96-44-B5-A6-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00
> > >          BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:2312  Metric:1
> > 
> > bad ... this does NOT have an ip# assigned to it
> > /////////////////////////////////////////////////

iwconfig  wifi0 192.168.0.22
  
> How can I correct these?

see above

- if it works when yu manually set it.. you can either do
  those commands in your own script or find the misconfigured files
  and fix it

c ya
alvin


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