Re: [expert] ping, ping, doesn't ping

[Collins Richey]

On Tue, 3 Apr 2001 14:57:35 -0700 (PDT)
John Wolford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

<snips>

> rebooted the linux machine (mdk
> 7.1). For some CRAZY
> reason, this worked and all of a sudden we were able to ping accross the
> network. I"m convinced it
> had something to do with the network card and linux not brining it up
> properly (despite its
> claims).
>
> If i were you i would:
> 1. Configure everything the way it should be and if it doesn't work
> reboot both machines to let
> hte changes settle in. 

Unless you have some crazy kind of intermittent irq conflict with the NIC,
you should never need to reboot linux to redrive the network
configuration.  Just

su
/etc/rc.d/init.d/network restart




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Collins Richey
Denver Area