On Sun, 2003-11-02 at 08:13, Cliff Skoog wrote: > Brian Parish wrote: > > >What happens when you do (as root): > > > >ifconfig > >ifdown eth0 > >ifup eth0 > >ifconfig > > > >Does it change address? > > > The same address is assigned, and the > rest of the info is pretty much the same > too. The only thing is, as during boot, > it takes a long time for eth0 to be > assigned an IP. It does on the first > boot too, when it always does connect to > the shares, but not quite as long that > the next times when it doesn't connect. > -cliff > Sounds like your DHCP server is not serving too well. What device is providing the addresses?
In any case, it's probably easiest just to go to static addresses and bypass all this. Particularly if you only have a couple of nodes, it's not exactly a major issue to maintain a static setup. If you want to go this way and are unclear about what settings to use, just post again. cheers Brian
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