At 11:47 AM 20/04/02 -0500, ABrady wrote: >On Sat, 20 Apr 2002 08:54:35 -0700 (PDT) >script <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> quietly intimated: > > > someone gave me a linksys ethernetfast cable/dsl > > router and i'm trying to hook it up with redhat 7.2. > > has anyone out there used a linksys with redhat 7.2? > > any pointers? > > > > basically, to configure the router, first i must make > > sure that i obtain a dynamic ip address on boot, which > > i'm doing - this ip address theoretically should be > > assigned by teh dhcp server on the router, but i don't > > know how to tell how this is happening. so, after > > boot, i open netscape and type in the ip address of > > the router - network unavailabe error pops up. i > > try to ping the router and same thing. > > > > any help would be much appreciated. much. > > > > thanks in advance. > >Here's how mine works/worked. > >I shut down networking on linux. I moved the cable directly from the >modem to the router and let the router get the IP address. I then >plugged the linux machine into the router and brought networking up >again. That assigned linux 192.168.1.100. To get to the router, the >address is 192.168.1.1 and can be gotten through any browser. > >This requires that the linux mahine already being told to use dhcp when >bringing up the network. If that isn't done, it won't be routed to the >linksys properly and won't be able to contact it.
dhcp client setup on your linux box is not 'required'. Manual configuration of an ip address 192.168.1.xxx works just as well. Frank _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
