On Sun, 28 Sep 2003 21:00:02 -0700 James Sparenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > different cards - so far: a Netgear FA511 and a Xircom XE2000. Both > > are detected correctly, but none would work with DHCP anymore (the > > original one did). And even under the scenario of having to manually > > change the IP addresses between home and work (where is that multiple > > profile - promised land thingy?!?), it works only if running first > > drakconf, changing everything (IP, mask, gateway, DNS, etc.), NOT > > working - though - the first time, then running # ifconfig eth0 with > > the parameters needed to setup the IP and netmask, then running # > > route for the new default - and, at this stage, the things still won't > > work - then again drakconf - after which - finally - the network > > starts properly. Attempted between each of the above steps a "service > > network restart", with the eth0 always failing ... and "NO" - it won't > > work if I would just run ifconfig first, then drakconf: it seems to > > work only if: changes in drakconf --> no go --> ifconfig eth0 and > > route --> no go --> again drakconf --> finally! ... Wish I'd seen this sooner... *appears* I had this very problem with 9.2rc2 while on a road trip last week, though I never thought of retrying the conf TWICE... <sigh>
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