On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 7:40 PM, Bruce Johnson<john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu> wrote: > > > On Jul 8, 2009, at 2:05 PM, Chance Reecher wrote: > >> >> First off, the router. I had it set to assign DHCP starting at >> 192.168.1.33, and I had manually assigned 192.168.1.9 to my server. I >> don't think that would cause a problem, but I changed it to start the >> DHCP pool at 192.168.1.7 (I have wireless access points and switches >> in the .1-.6 range) > > That's a bad idea, unless you're specifying on the router that > 192.168.1.9 is fixed and assigned to the server. Never overlap DHCP > and fixed address ranges without appropriately telling the DHCP server.
It is. >> >> I checked my system log, and saw this: >> Jul 6 18:13:28 localhost kernel[0]: BMacEnet: Ethernet address >> 00:50:e4:a0:34:38 >> Jul 6 18:13:34 localhost kernel[0]: BMacEnet::monitorLinkStatus: >> Link down >> a number of times, which is the crashing of the built-in ethernet >> >> I also noticed this: >> Jul 7 18:31:53 ReecherServer servermgrd: servermgr_dns: no name >> available via DNS for 192.168.1.9 >> Jul 7 18:31:53 ReecherServer servermgrd: servermgr_dns: no hostname >> set and unable to detect via DNS, services may not function properly - >> use changeip to repair > > This means that the local host name isn't set, and it cannot resolve > itself via DNS. Set the host name, I'm not sure where it is in OS X > Server, but in OS X it's set in the Sharing control panel. It does have a local hostname, ReecherServer.local > > >> Jul 7 18:42:25 ReecherServer crashdump[851]: mcxd crashed > > mcxd has something to do with Open Directory, and it's crashing > because it can't find a DNS server, I'll bet. > > OS X server REALLY doesn't like not being connected to a network. > > -- > Bruce Johnson > University of Arizona > College of Pharmacy > Information Technology Group > > Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs > > > > > > -- Chance Reecher 765-4609 491-2286 cnrtechh...@gmail.com AIM: cnrtechhead --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to g3-5-list-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
