Re: [newbie] network problem - help
On Thu, 2003-06-26 at 07:29, Stephen Kuhn wrote: On Thu, 2003-06-26 at 12:34, Roland Hughes wrote: I have finally had the chance to get off of dial up and on to a shared dsl. My problem is I cannot get the Internet connection to switch from modem to eth0. The nic is up and connected but when I bring up the mandrake control center and go to networking it only shows the modem as the connection and no matter how many times I run the wizard it will not change. Any help for a old fart. Roly I think we all agreed that using the MCC for your connection was a VERY BAD idea (gets really flaky). BEST bet is to make direct modifications to the network scripts located in the /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts directory - and to make sure that your /etc/hosts and /etc/resolv.conf are setup properly... Once you've modified those scripts, do a: service network restart ...and all should be well... might even be on line already, what does ifconfig (as root, without the quotes, in a text console) say? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] network problem - help
I have finally had the chance to get off of dial up and on to a shared dsl. My problem is I cannot get the Internet connection to switch from modem to eth0. The nic is up and connected but when I bring up the mandrake control center and go to networking it only shows the modem as the connection and no matter how many times I run the wizard it will not change. Any help for a old fart. Roly -- MicroSoft - The company that made the internet unsafe! Linux Counter #241069 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] network problem - help
On Thu, 2003-06-26 at 12:34, Roland Hughes wrote: I have finally had the chance to get off of dial up and on to a shared dsl. My problem is I cannot get the Internet connection to switch from modem to eth0. The nic is up and connected but when I bring up the mandrake control center and go to networking it only shows the modem as the connection and no matter how many times I run the wizard it will not change. Any help for a old fart. Roly I think we all agreed that using the MCC for your connection was a VERY BAD idea (gets really flaky). BEST bet is to make direct modifications to the network scripts located in the /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts directory - and to make sure that your /etc/hosts and /etc/resolv.conf are setup properly... Once you've modified those scripts, do a: service network restart ...and all should be well... -- Thu Jun 26 21:25:00 EST 2003 21:25:00 up 1 day, 21:11, 3 users, load average: 0.84, 1.03, 1.03 - |____ |kuhn media australia| | /-oo /| |'-. |http://kma.0catch.com | | .\__/ || | | || | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' |stephen kuhn| | | / \__.`=._) (_ | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | - linux user #:267497 linux machine #:194239 * MDK 9.1 RH 7.3 Mandrake Linux Kernel 2.4.21-11mdk Cooker for i586 - * This message was composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * The world is coming to an end--save your buffers! Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
