On Sunday 08 Feb 2004 1:30 am, Lexx wrote: > Got the network up and running tonight. > I went into DrakConnect to change the hostname and now it doesn't connect > anymore. > Is changing the hostname that drastic? > > It was userhost or something like that - the default, what ever that is. > > Any ideas how I get it back to how it was? > Do you need any more info? > > Thanks > Lexx (Now you see him, now you don't)
Hello again Lexx :-) Changing the Hostname is not usually that dramatic. More likely something else got changed in the process. Take a look at /etc/sysconfig/network You should have something like HOSTNAME=Lexx.localdomain (The domain name is not essential, but helps if you run a mail server) NETWORKING=yes GATEWAY=192.168.2.1 (or whatever the IP addy of your router is) After any change 'service network restart' will restart networking. The other file to do with networking is /etc/resolv.conf It should contain something like :- search localdomain nameserver ip_add_of_isps_DNS_server_1 nameserver ip_add_of_isps_DNS_server_2 You will find the IP addresses of your ISPs DNS servers on the support pages of your ISPs web site. It should also appear in your Routers set up somewhere. derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org
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