On Wednesday 05 March 2003 02:43 am, James Sparenberg wrote: > On Tue, 2003-03-04 at 13:56, Francisco Alcaraz Ariza wrote: > > Must of the test I could do with rc2 will be impossible without internet > > runing. > > > > Any clues to activate the internet conection for the cable modem will be > > very welcome!! > > > > All the tips I used for rc1 (put the name servers in resolv.conf, install > > initscript from 9.0) doesn't run under rc2 :-( > > > > Could anyone help me? > > > > Thanks in advance > > Francisco > > Saw this one in the Cooker thought it might help. > > <start> > Same problem exist in RC2 as in RC1 and all Betas > > Home LAN > 6 systems, 5 connecting to internet though gateway system via dhcp with > each system needing a static IP. > > During clean RC installation/Networking, either automatic or if manually > configured during Summary, all hardware component are detected and > properly configured and the pkgs dhcp-common, dhcp-client, and tmdns > are installed. > > The problem is that this Does Not properly set-up this type system. > Once the new install is booted even though everything appears in order > and drakconnect even tells you that your network is properly configured > No Internet connection is possible. > > /etc/sysconfig/network > NETWORK=yes > > /etc/host > 127.0.0.1 localhost > > You can start editing files galore if you aren't a Newbie, and even have > a clue as to what files to even look for, or if you are a Newbie and > this your first taste of Linux you could and might just say fuck-it and > boot back to Windows where everything works. > > The solution is really quite simple. > For this type of network connection you do not need dhcp-common. > You do not need dhcp-client. > You do not need tmdns. > Understand that if you do this, drakconnect can no longer be used and the network must be set up manually. If drakconnect is run again, dhcp-client and dhcp-common will be reinstalled.
-- Greg
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