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.

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