Please remove me from your "newbie" e-mail list. I simply do not have time to read this much e-mail. My e-mail address is:
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Felix Barreto
"There are two kinds of people, those who do the work and those who take the credit. Try to be in the first group; there is less competition there." -- Indira Gandhi >From: George Czerw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: sjbradtke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Mandrake Newbie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: [newbie] DHCP trouble with Comcast.net >Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2002 20:35:23 -0500 > > >Steve, > >I'm NOT using a separate firewall, but it sounds like you have a bad >DHCP configuration, and you could run into this problem whether you >have a firewall or just a single machine. > > >1. Make sure that /etc/resolv.conf contains the IP addresses of the >Comcast DNS servers in your area AND make sure that the search domain >correctly reflects the new network information if you know it because >you have either gotten it from a machine that works or from someone in >your area who knows what it is. Mine looks like: > >nameserver 68.46.144.5 >nameserver 68.46.144.6 >search brlngt01.nj.comcast.net > >2. Your /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/net_resolv.default should >contain the same information that the resolv.conf file does. > >3. Your initial /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 should >look like the following: > >DEVICE="eth0" >DHCP_HOSTNAME="whatever your's is" >BOOTPROTO="dhcp" >IPADDR="" >NETMASK="" >NETWORK="" >BROADCAST="" >ONBOOT="yes" > >After DHCP passes the parameters, the "blanks" should be filled in >with the correct information. > >4. If you haven't turned your cable modem off since the conversion, >you should do so, so that will clear any cached information out of its >memory. > >Hope this helps. > >George > >Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? >Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
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