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 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]