xinetd has nothing to do with your connectivity - it is just a daemon that calls the serves that connects to your box.
Rather than trying to using ifconfig, just run the "/etc/rc.d/init.d/network restart". To configure network, use "netconfig"/ On Thursday 10 January 2002 11:18 am, you wrote: > I have little bits of time over a few months now and cannot figure out how > basic network services work on rh7.2. > > The problem I am having is the following: I upgraded the harddrive in my > laptop. At the same time I installed 7.2 from 6.2. I normally use DHCP > to get an IP address for the computer. The first problem is if I forget > to connect the ethernet cable, before turning on the computer, I cannot > figure out how to make the computer request an IP address. There is > nothing wrong with the computer, because when I connect the cable and > restart everthing works. Everything I have tried, which is a long list > does not seem to work. If I run "ifconfig" after forgetting to connect to > ethernet cable the only interface is "lo" If I try using the control-panel > to activate the ethernet interface it hangs (It may be taking a long time > and has not timed out, I have not left it to find out) > > The second problem is I use my computer for troubleshooting and will > change the IP address to a static IP address. I have not been able to > make this work either. > > Would somebody please explain to me how to do these. > > thanks > david > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Redhat-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- Rilindo Foster http://monzell.com AIM: rilindo _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
