I know.. I was completely lost in a maze of new syntax. And, the
installation and connection to the Internet should have been completely
transparent. The installation and user guide(I'm sorry) were very poorly
edited. In my case, I found that I had manually edit my files.
I would have added some visuals with the email but I am still learning
the language. I would recommend checking some of the earlier emails -
from one to two last week's ago in the newbie archive.
I had added a link to a web site that included the complete instructions
for @Home users.
Roman
(Learning the 'Art' of Linux and loving it)
Dave Lers wrote:
>
> On Sat, 27 May 2000, Romanator wrote:
> > Yikes. This is a case of not pasting some lines as shwon below:
> >
> > Under:
> > /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0
> >
> > DEVICE="eth0"
> > IPADDR="24.xxx.xxx.xx"
> > NETMASK="Subnet_mask" "255.255.254.0"
> > ONBOOT="yes"
> > BOOTPROTO"none"
> > DHCP_HOSTNAME="cr123456-a"
> > BROADCAST=24.XXX.XXX.255
> > NETWORK=24.XXX.XXX.0
> >
> > Having 'BOOTPROTO' set to "none" is the setting so DHCP is not invoked
> > when GNU/Linux PC boots.
> >
> > I am not using DHCP but static IPs.
>
> Hmm, your DHCP_HOSTNAME="cr123456-a" threw me off and where did your
> /etc/hostname come from...and a lot of other weird stuff (like the
> "Subnet_mask" and BOOTPROTO"none" above) for a simple static IP that can
> easily be configured w/ DrakConf...OK I'll admit it I had to re-read the help
> files and spend some time with it the first time through but I don't know of a
> better/easier way to setup networking...Another way to get to the same stuff is
> by typing 'netconf' from an su'd console (Basic host information, DNS and
> Routing should be all you need to worry about).
>
> Don't get me wrong, I know its great to get up and running, this is just to
> recommend to others that there's a easier/better way than manually hacking a
> bunch of files.
