On Saturday 08 January 2005 06:29 pm, Angus Auld wrote: > Thank you Derek for the reply. I am really new at this network stuff. :-) > I have been using dial-up for all my years of computing, and I just started > using braodband now that it has finally come here to the boonies. > > I edited some of the mentioned files, and my hostname is once again > "localhost". > I changed my "eth0: Broadcom Corp BCM4401 100Base-T" connection > to use DHCP Protocol, but now when I boot my comp, booting hangs > at "bringing up eth0" for a long while, and finally fails trying to > determine IP configuration. :-( > The part that puzzles me is that ppp0 comes up OK, and my connection > is working great. > What gives here anyway? Doesn't ppp0 use my Broadcom nic??? > > I am dazed and confused. [8>/ >
I seem to remember a problem I had like that when I first got DSL. If I remember I had to remove the ppp0 setup otherwise DHCP wouldn't load. -- Chris Registered Linux User 283774 http://counter.li.org 20:40:49 up 11 days, 3:59, 1 user, load average: 1.57, 1.32, 1.23 Mandrake Linux 10.1 Official, kernel 2.6.8.1-12mdk ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * Jes wonders why so many people in here uses fooZZZZZ and foo_sleeping nicks <peter> Jes: Because they are sleeping? -- Seen on #Linux ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Live - From Virgin Radio UK The Animals - House Of The Rising Sun
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