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Hello:
I installed RH 6.1 yesterday on a system networked with DHCP. After
specifying "DHCP" upon installation, everything worked just dandy.
I then decided that I wanted a static IP for myself, so I used 'netconf'
to change from DHCP to manual, entered the appropriate IP address, set the
gateway, DNS information, etc. However, I wasn't successful in getting
things working (there are firewalling rules here and I'm not sure what my
host mask should be), so I tried to revert back to DHCP.
Basically, a /etc/rc.d/init.d/network reload just hangs, until you press
<Ctrl><C>, after which I can ping any site and use the network normally.
Strange. I could live with this, but it also means it hangs upon system
boot up, so I have to boot with "I" (interactive startup) and tell it
*not* to start up the network. Annoying. :p
By the way, when I tried "activating changes" from netconf, I eventually
get an error message and here is what appears in the logs:
* The command takes more than 15 seconds to execute, odd
* Left running in the background
[ So why does my networking *work* then? :-) ]
I ensured that I got rid of gateway info, host name, IP address, etc., and
also tried removing /etc/sysconfig/network,
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0, etc. but I can't seem to figure
out how DHCP was configured *upon installation* (ie. when it all worked so
wonderfully).
Any ideas?
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