I know.. I was completely lost in a maze of new syntax. And, the
installation and connection to the Internet should have been completely
transparent. The installation and user guide(I'm sorry) were very poorly
edited. In my case, I found that I had manually edit my files.
I would have added some visuals with the email but I am still learning
the language. I would recommend checking some of the earlier emails -
from one to two last week's ago in the newbie archive.
I had added a link to a web site that included the complete instructions
for @Home users.
Roman
(Learning the 'Art' of Linux and loving it)
Dave Lers wrote:
On Sat, 27 May 2000, Romanator wrote:
Yikes. This is a case of not pasting some lines as shwon below:
Under:
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0
DEVICE="eth0"
IPADDR="24.xxx.xxx.xx"
NETMASK="Subnet_mask" "255.255.254.0"
ONBOOT="yes"
BOOTPROTO"none"
DHCP_HOSTNAME="cr123456-a"
BROADCAST=24.XXX.XXX.255
NETWORK=24.XXX.XXX.0
Having 'BOOTPROTO' set to "none" is the setting so DHCP is not invoked
when GNU/Linux PC boots.
I am not using DHCP but static IPs.
Hmm, your DHCP_HOSTNAME="cr123456-a" threw me off and where did your
/etc/hostname come from...and a lot of other weird stuff (like the
"Subnet_mask" and BOOTPROTO"none" above) for a simple static IP that can
easily be configured w/ DrakConf...OK I'll admit it I had to re-read the help
files and spend some time with it the first time through but I don't know of a
better/easier way to setup networking...Another way to get to the same stuff is
by typing 'netconf' from an su'd console (Basic host information, DNS and
Routing should be all you need to worry about).
Don't get me wrong, I know its great to get up and running, this is just to
recommend to others that there's a easier/better way than manually hacking a
bunch of files.
