On Thursday 01 July 2004 11:28, John Rye wrote: > On Thu, 01 Jul 2004 10:15:42 -0500 > Hoyt Bailey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Thursday 01 July 2004 09:08, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: > > > Hoyt Bailey wrote: > > > >> As far as resolv.conf, if you are running DCHD, then the file > > > >> should get rebuilt with the information from your DSL modem. But it > > > >> is possible that you have overridden this. Could you post the > > > >> contence of /etc/sysconfig/networks, and > > > >> /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0? > > > > > > > >> (Also ifcfg-eth1 if you have one.) There are some logs > > in /var/logs > > > >>that may help as well, but I don't remember exactly where Mandrake > > > >> puts things, and you don't want to post /var/log/messages! > > > >> > > > > > > > > Should I remove dhcp, since this is a single user desktop machine I > > have > > > > no use for networking unless necessary for other things. There is > > no > > > > eth1. > > > > > > > No, you need it to configure the port to talk to your router. > > > > I don't have a router unless the DSL modem is acting as one. It is > > supposed to have a firewall? > > > > > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] hoyt]$ cat /etc/sysconfig/networks > > > > cat: /etc/sysconfig/networks: No such file or directory > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] hoyt]$ > > > > > > > > > Typo on my part - should be /etc/sysconfig/network > > > > > > > cat /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 > > > > DEVICE=eth0 > > > > BOOTPROTO=dhcp > > > > NETMASK=255.255.255.0 > > > > ONBOOT=yes > > > > MII_NOT_SUPPORTED=no > > > > WIRELESS_ENC_KEY="" > > > > NEEDHOSTNAME=yes > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] hoyt]$ > > > > > > > One thing I forgot to ask you - does your ISP use PPPoE? One way to > > > check this is in Windows run winipcfg and check what interfaces you > > > have. If you are using PPPoE, someone else on the list can probably > > > walk you through the proper way of setting it up. > > > > > > Mikkel > > I don't have Windows installed but I don't think pppoe is involved. > > '/etc/ppp/resolver.conf' dosent exist the file '/etc/resolv.conf' does. > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] hoyt]$ cat /etc/sysconfig/network > > HOSTNAME=192.168.0.1 > > NETWORKING=yes > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] hoyt]$ cat /etc/resolv.conf > > search domain_not_set.invalid > > nameserver 192.168.0.1 > > nameserver 192.168.0.1 > > > > I set this yesterday to the nameservers provided by sbcglobal but it > > always gets reset. I need a way to put the right nameservers in this > > file instead of my DSL modem. > > Hoyt, > > My /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 - which defines my local > network, yours _should look somewhat similar, being in mind that the > ip numbers may be different. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] lists]$ cat /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 > DEVICE=eth0 > BOOTPROTO=static > IPADDR=192.168.1.5 > NETMASK=255.255.255.0 > NETWORK=192.168.1.0 > BROADCAST=192.168.1.255 > ONBOOT=yes > MII_NOT_SUPPORTED=no > [EMAIL PROTECTED] lists]$ > > My local loopback network (ipcfg-lo) is defined like this: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] lists]$ cat /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-lo > DEVICE=lo > IPADDR=127.0.0.1 > NETMASK=255.0.0.0 > NETWORK=127.0.0.0 > # If you're having problems with gated making 127.0.0.0/8 a martian, > # you can change this to something else (255.255.255.255, for example) > BROADCAST=127.255.255.255 > ONBOOT=yes > NAME=loopback > [EMAIL PROTECTED] lists]$ > > Yours should not be any different. > > This is what I have in /etc/sysconfig/network > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] lists]$ cat /etc/sysconfig/network > HOSTNAME=pilot.localhost.localdomain > NETWORKING=yes > GATEWAY= > [EMAIL PROTECTED] lists]$ > > And is what I would expect to see in yours, There's something not right > about your network setup (not wrong, just not right). > > In just about every network setup I've seen HOSTNAME has been configured > as above ie. the name of the machine on the local network > > Have you considered re-running the network configuration from Mandrake > Control Centre for both your local network and your DSL setup now that you > have the parameters supplied by your ISP > > I don't have DSL (only dial-up) and my etc/ppp/resolv.conf contains > ONLY the following: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] lists]$ cat /etc/ppp/resolv.conf > nameserver 203.97.33.14 > nameserver 203.97.37.14 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] lists]$ > > While /etc/resolv.conf contains: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] lists]$ cat /etc/resolv.conf > search clear.net.nz localhost.localdomain > nameserver 203.97.33.14 > nameserver 203.97.37.14 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] lists]$ > > All of this stuff is initially setup when you do your network settings > during installation. > > On my system /etc/resolv.conf is changed at every use, with > what appears to be the content of /etc/ppp/resolv.conf being appended with > a couple of blank lines then a commented line which says something like: > "# Temporary PPP," and then the content of /etc/ppp/resolv.conf. > > The appended part is removed when I disconnect. > > See if this helps any to nail it down, although I think re-running your > network configuration wizards might be simpler than trying hit and miss > edits to config files. But in saying this bear in mind what Tom Brinkman > showed you in his responses in another part of this thread. > > Cheers > Thanks John I'lll give the network wizards a try. My biggest problem is that I dont know what I'm doing. Maybe I can learn something.
-- Regards; Hoyt
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