Hi Devon RH7.2 uses dhcpd by default. I did not change any of the defaults. When I was using RH6.2 it was using pump. I liked pump as well. When I get a chance I will probably look into finding what is required to switch to pump.
I had tried these suggetions and found out I was using dhcpd. I tried starting dhcpd, I tried restarting network services and they both failed to start as well. david On Thu, 10 Jan 2002, Devon wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Thursday 10 January 2002 02:18 pm, dave brett 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. > > After booting without the ethernet cable connected, have you tried having > a look at the output of ps ax? Are you using dhcpcd or pump (or perhaps > something else) for a dhcp client? > > I use pump here, I like it, and normally have no problems with it. > However, when it fails to configure the interface, it doesn't seem to > exit reliably. If you try to bring up the interface manually, a second > instance of pump will often start. If you also have dhcpcd installed, > when pump fails dhcpcd will try. Needless to say, the end result of all > that is no networking. (I normally see this behavior only if there is a > cable outage, and pump tries to renew it's lease during the outage.) > > You might try booting without the cable, and then do: > 'ps ax | grep pump' > 'ps ax | grep dhcp' > > If there is any output, kill the tasks and then connect the cable. > '/sbin/ifup eth0' should bring up the interface. > > Hope that helps, > > - -D > > - -- > > pgp key: http://www.tuxfan.homeip.net:8080/pgpkey.txt > > - -- > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org > > iD8DBQE8PmvqeMAUbzJhSVcRApk5AJ91RTlJu0fG1E9hdexVogMtOoxrdQCfdL1y > UCkjb3OoP+4SPXZpJTwtbPk= > =inM7 > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > _______________________________________________ > Redhat-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
