Re: [newbie] Unable to telnet into Mandrake box

[John Aldrich]

On Thu, 11 Nov 1999, you wrote:
> First is that r u using DHCP or Static IP the edit the etc/hosts be sure
> that the entry is like this
> 
> etc/hosts
> 
> 127.0.0.1     localhost
> 192.168.1.1   server
> 
> save then reboot the system
> 
Don't need to reboot. Just type (as root) "ifconfig eth0
down" and then "ifconfig eth0 up" and all will be well.
        John