On Sat, 29 Mar 2003, Tom Brinkman wrote: > > I'm confused then. First you say it only works when you set it to > > use a static IP, then you say your connection is dynamic IP. These > > two are mutually exclusive ... but if you're getting a zeroconf IP, > > that means DHCP isn't working. You could of course just have > > unchecked "dhcp/bootp/zeroconf" in the network setup ... > > > > During the install, I did the adsl setup at the 'summary' stage. > I selected dynamic ip. When the zeroconf screen came up I entered > nothing and just clicked the 'next' button. I've run the installer > for each beta and rc, and that's the first time I ever saw that > zeroconf screen.
It was there before IIRC. BTW, the only difference the zeroconf screen makes is what goes in /etc/tmdns.conf. > It's also the first time I've had any problem. > I know =static seems ass backwards, but even with 9.0 and every time I > needed to re-setup the connection since, I've always saved related > config files and that setting has always been static. The connection > is definitely dynamic, and as I said, I selected dynamic during the > fresh install. AFAIK, BOOTPROTO is the *only* thing that changes between a dynamic (bootp/dhcp, or if they fail, zcip) and static. There's something weird there ... Buchan -- |----------------Registered Linux User #182071-----------------| Buchan Milne Mechanical Engineer, Network Manager Cellphone * Work +27 82 472 2231 * +27 21 8828820x121 Stellenbosch Automotive Engineering http://www.cae.co.za GPG Key http://ranger.dnsalias.com/bgmilne.asc 1024D/60D204A7 2919 E232 5610 A038 87B1 72D6 AC92 BA50 60D2 04A7
