Re: [newbie] 9.2: 1st boot eth0 connects to LAN, 2nd boot etc. not - dhcp assigns loopback

2003-11-02 Thread Cliff Skoog
Brian Parish wrote I'll be delighted to try static again, so fire away. appreciatively, cliff OK. Run DrakConnect and click on the wizard. Let it detect the network card. Enter a name for your machine, an IP address in the same range as your W$ machines and the same subnet they are

Re: [newbie] 9.2: 1st boot eth0 connects to LAN, 2nd boot etc. not - dhcp assigns loopback

2003-11-02 Thread Adolfo Bello
On Sun, 2003-11-02 at 05:33, Cliff Skoog wrote: Bingo. Thanks so much Brian, I think the problem with trying static before was that the subnets didn't match between the machines, and I was mesmerized by incredulity at the second boot dhcp issue. Hi there: I was following this thread very

Re: [newbie] 9.2: 1st boot eth0 connects to LAN, 2nd boot etc. not - dhcp assigns loopback

2003-11-02 Thread Brian Parish
On Sun, 2003-11-02 at 21:53, Adolfo Bello wrote: On Sun, 2003-11-02 at 05:33, Cliff Skoog wrote: Bingo. Thanks so much Brian, I think the problem with trying static before was that the subnets didn't match between the machines, and I was mesmerized by incredulity at the second boot

Re: [newbie] 9.2: 1st boot eth0 connects to LAN, 2nd boot etc. not - dhcp assigns loopback

2003-11-02 Thread Cliff Skoog
Brian Parish wrote: On Sun, 2003-11-02 at 21:53, Adolfo Bello wrote: Hi there: I was following this thread very closely. Could you, please, post the IP you got from DHCP and the static IP that you have setup to solve your problem? Regards, Adolfo Cliff will probably respond, but in

Re: [newbie] 9.2: 1st boot eth0 connects to LAN, 2nd boot etc. not - dhcp assigns loopback

2003-11-02 Thread Adolfo Bello
On Sun, 2003-11-02 at 18:32, Cliff Skoog wrote: Brian Parish wrote: On Sun, 2003-11-02 at 21:53, Adolfo Bello wrote: Hi there: I was following this thread very closely. Could you, please, post the IP you got from DHCP and the static IP that you have setup to solve your problem?

[newbie] 9.2: 1st boot eth0 connects to LAN, 2nd boot etc. not - dhcp assigns loopback

2003-11-01 Thread Cliff Skoog
Hello wise ones, I had 9.1 running (Dell Precision 420 MT dual processor). Installed 9.2 (and reinstalled several times - same thing), and my Win95 shares showed up the 1st time I booted. And the address was pingable. All boots thereafter, eth0 was assigned to 127.255.255.255 on boot through

Re: [newbie] 9.2: 1st boot eth0 connects to LAN, 2nd boot etc. not - dhcp assigns loopback

2003-11-01 Thread Brian Parish
On Sat, 2003-11-01 at 23:44, Cliff Skoog wrote: Hello wise ones, I had 9.1 running (Dell Precision 420 MT dual processor). Installed 9.2 (and reinstalled several times - same thing), and my Win95 shares showed up the 1st time I booted. And the address was pingable. All boots thereafter,

Re: [newbie] 9.2: 1st boot eth0 connects to LAN, 2nd boot etc. not - dhcp assigns loopback

2003-11-01 Thread Cliff Skoog
Brian Parish wrote: What happens when you do (as root): ifconfig ifdown eth0 ifup eth0 ifconfig Does it change address? The same address is assigned, and the rest of the info is pretty much the same too. The only thing is, as during boot, it takes a long time for eth0 to be assigned an IP.

Re: [newbie] 9.2: 1st boot eth0 connects to LAN, 2nd boot etc. not - dhcp assigns loopback

2003-11-01 Thread Brian Parish
On Sun, 2003-11-02 at 08:13, Cliff Skoog wrote: Brian Parish wrote: What happens when you do (as root): ifconfig ifdown eth0 ifup eth0 ifconfig Does it change address? The same address is assigned, and the rest of the info is pretty much the same too. The only thing is, as during

Re: [newbie] 9.2: 1st boot eth0 connects to LAN, 2nd boot etc. not - dhcp assigns loopback

2003-11-01 Thread Cliff Skoog
Brian Parish wrote: On Sun, 2003-11-02 at 08:13, Cliff Skoog wrote: Brian Parish wrote: What happens when you do (as root): ifconfig ifdown eth0 ifup eth0 ifconfig Does it change address? The same address is assigned, and the rest of the info is pretty much the same too. The

Re: [newbie] 9.2: 1st boot eth0 connects to LAN, 2nd boot etc. not - dhcp assigns loopback

2003-11-01 Thread Brian Parish
On Sun, 2003-11-02 at 11:35, Cliff Skoog wrote: Brian Parish wrote: On Sun, 2003-11-02 at 08:13, Cliff Skoog wrote: Brian Parish wrote: What happens when you do (as root): ifconfig ifdown eth0 ifup eth0 ifconfig Does it change address? The same address