----- Original Message ----- From: Margot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: newbie@linux-mandrake.com Subject: Re: [newbie] need help with /etc/hosts, hosts.config & resolv.configfiles Date: Sun, 09 Jan 2005 07:30:31 +0000
> > 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>/ > > > > Regards. > > > > > > --Angus >Margot replied: > I had the same problem - don't know what causes it, but the > solution for me was to set the connection *not* to start at boot - > once booted, open a terminal as root and do "ifup eth0" (without > the quotes) and everything works from then on. > > -- Regards > Margot > *-*-*-* ************************************************************* Thanks Margot. :-)) I set the adsl not to start at boot and then rebooted. Bootup went fine, eth0 came up OK, and, ppp0 came up OK too. :-/ What's that about? When my x-session was fully loaded I also had my internet connection open on ppp0! This is kind of strange....but, it's working fine. It's really late, and I need to turn in. Tomorrow is another day for learning. Take care. --Angus "Let us not look back in anger or forward in fear, but around in awareness." -- James Thurber *********************************************** ~Linux Laptop, Powered by Mandrake 10.1~ *********************************************** ~Reg. Linux User #278931~ *********************************************** -- _____________________________________________________________ Web-based SMS services available at http://www.operamail.com. From your mailbox to local or overseas cell phones. Powered by Outblaze
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