> On Mon, 26 Aug 2002, Blake C. Thornton wrote: > > > > > I need some network help. I haven't seen this happen before. > > > > > > > > I am trying to set up networking on a system without DHCP. My sysadmin > > > > gave me an IP address for my linux box (redhat 7.3). So, I edited: > > > > > > > > /etc/hosts > > > > 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost > > > > 165.134.123.88 localhost.localdomain > > > > > > > > /etc/sysconfig/network > > > > NETWORKING=yes > > > > HOSTNAME=localhost.localdomain > > > > FORWARD_IPV4=false > > > > GATEWAY=165.134.1.254 > > > > > > > > /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts > > > > DEVICE=eth0 > > > > IPADDR=165.134.123.88 > > > > NETMASK=165.134.123.0 > > > this looks suspicious probably should be something like 255.255.255.0 > > > > > > > ONBOOT=yes > > > > > > > > Sorry, I mistyped when copying. Here is what i have (and still can't > > connect or ping anything): > > > > /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 > > DEVICE=eth0 > > IPADDR=165.134.123.88 > > NETWORK=165.134.123.0 > > NETMASK=255.255.255.0 > > ONBOOT=yes > > > > Sorry, any other ideas? > > Yup...if you want to see the rest of the network, not to mention the rest > of the net, change your netmask to 255.255.0.0. >
Very good - this did it. I also used the suggestion to use redhat-config-network and used the correct netmask as above. Not sure I understand why, but I'll read the network admin guide sometime and get it. Thanks! -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
