ed pastore wrote: >>From Faithful seat-warmer: > > Can't access the internet at home with my portable HDD after Donovan's Linux > Networking class last Sat. I suspect the problem stems from help I got from > Pres. Neil before Donovan told us not to "fix" inability to access internet > while in the midst of configuring DHCP/DNS. Oops! Any help avaiable, Neil? > Hate to bother busy Donovan. I could take my tower with movable HDD to Thurs. > nite meeting. (Tho. over my head, the class has opened my eyes to Linux > world, taught me the vocabulary and now I can begin to make use of all the > Linux books I've accumulated at meetings over the past few years. Thanks for > the opportunity.)
Did you configure your system with static IP address in the class? Check /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 and see if you have BOOTPROTO=static. If you do, then change that to BOOTPROTO=dhcp and restart networking, "service network restart". If that doesn't get you going then send another email with the output of the following: cat /etc/resolv.conf cat /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 ifconfig -a And we'll see if we can't find what's not properly configured and make it work again. -- Neil Schneider pacneil_at_linuxgeek_dot_net Key fingerprint = 67F0 E493 FCC0 0A8C 769B 8209 32D7 1DB1 8460 C47D "Work to eat, eat to live, live to bike, bike to work." -- Naomi Bloom -- KPLUG-Newbie@kernel-panic.org http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-newbie