On Tuesday 21 December 2004 18:33, Paul Greene wrote: > Dear all, > > I'm having some trouble maintaining an IP address on Mandrake 10. In the > network config, I configure an IP address of 192.168.0.5, and use an > internal DNS server running on a Win2k box, and the ISP DNS address for > backup. > > When the system first boots, all connectivity is fine, both with my > internal network, and with internet destinations. After awhile, even > though the ifconfig command reveals the link is UP and still has the > correct assigned IP address, I cannot ping any other host on my internal > network, and, of course cannot get out to the internet. The error > message that comes back is "Destination Host Unreachable". The IP > assigned to the box is ping-able, but nothing else on the network is. > > Another weird thing is that the entry "nameserver 127.0.0.1" is added to > "/etc/resolv.conf". Even if I remove the entry, it comes back again on > the next reboot. > > The NIC is a Linksys LNE-100, and was working fine for a few days in a > Windows box, so I don't suspect a hardware problem with the card, or the > cabling. > > Any suggestions? > > Paul Stop the service tmdns That will stop the 'nameserver 127.0.0.1' appearing and may well resolve your problem.
derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org
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