Bo, I don't use cable access (i wish!) but from what I have read (on this list mostly) using cable normally means that you would be getting an IP address via DHCP from your cable provider each time you boot. If this is the case, you will get different IP addresses potentially each time, so anything written for a given IP address in hosts would become invalid.
Try the following: In a console window type: "hostname" without the quotes. This will tell you what your hostname is. If it's not set, you can set it by saying: "hostname xyz" where xyz the name you want. If everything works with this hostname set and you are in fact using DHCP to get your address, you could look at /etc/sysconfig/network In here is a line (probably) which reads DHCP_HOSTNAME=xyz If it's not there, or there is no hostname specified, you could try adding it there. I think this is where it's picked up from when DHCP issues the address. Let us know how you go. cheers Brian On Thu, 2002-01-24 at 17:41, Bo Rosén wrote: > ons 2002-01-23 klockan 23.39 skrev Randy Kramer: > > Hi, > > > Are you using DHCP? (I might have the acronym wrong, letters > > interchanged or whatever.) > > The server you mean? No, I'm not supposed to anyway and it doesn't show > up under services and daemons in the Control Center, unless it has some > strange name. > > One thing though. I have a internet accsess via cable modem, which works > fine, but the Network and Internet bit in CC shows me as having an > Internet interface and a lan. I only have one network adaptor in the > machine. > Thanks, > Bo Rosén > > > > I recall seeing somewhere that if you use DHCP, things like host name > > may get reset every time DHCP "runs" (like when your machine boots up). > > As I understood the correction, you need to set the host name and > > similar things (DNS server addresses) in the DHCP server. > > > > ---- > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
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