Hi Greg, I forwarded your message to my friend with the know-how that set up the system so we can get correct answers....be back to you as soon as I get the info. Thanks for the time to help me. Johan ********************************
On Sun, 29 Feb 2004 14:51:26 -0500 Greg Meyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sunday 29 February 2004 02:01 pm, Johan wrote: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] internet]$ cat /etc/sysconfig/ifcfg-eth0 > > cat: /etc/sysconfig/ifcfg-eth0: No such file or directory > > Interesting. This looks like your problem right here. This is the file that > is supposed to holds the configuration settings so that the interface can be > brought back up at boot. > > ****************************** > [EMAIL PROTECTED] internet]# cat /etc/modules.conf > > <snip irrelevant parts> > alias eth0 ne2k-pci > > You are correctly getting an alias set up for your network adapter, so we just > have to get you a ifcfg-eth0 file. > > This file should be written out by drakconnect, and I have no explanation why > it is not. We could get one setup manually if we know a little more about > your network setup. Are you on cable/DSL, do you have a router, other > machines on the network, etc. What is addressing scheme you are using, dhcp > or static. > > You could try something like this if you have a dhcp server: > > DEVICE=eth0 > BOOTPROTO=dhcp > DHCP_TIMEOUT=5 > ONBOOT=yes > MII_NOT_SUPPORTED=no > NEEDHOSTNAME=no > -- > /g > > -- Johan Registered Linux User #330034 .. still learning May this be a good day for learning
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