dep wrote: > in an effort -- it may be a fantasy -- to create what amounts to p'n'p > networking, i decided to experiment with dhcp. my efforts have been, > thusfar, a dismal failure. this is perhaps assisted in yast2's > insistence on changing everything back once it's been changed by > hand. > > what it comes down to is this: if i specify an IP address in > /etc/hosts (in this case, 192.168.0.6), it all seems to work, and
/etc/hosts is nothing more than "BIND for dummies". It really has nothing at all to do with DHCP functionality. > ifconfig reports an address of 192.168.0.4, which is the next > available address, which is just fine. but if i don't provide that > address, i don't get the IP assignment at all. > > now. i'm on a little home network that sits behind an internet > appliance (a d-link thing), which claims to function as a dhcp > server. i do not know how this figures into things, but i mention it > because it might. I wouldn't be surprised if you have dualing DHCP servers here. I think you need to either have the D-Link box stop doing it altogether, or be the only one that does it. > the goal is for my wife to be able to use the machine on the network > here at home, also the network at her office, also through the > dataport things in hotel rooms when we're on the road. > > finally, am i right that dhcp effectively eliminates the ability to > hotplug the pcmcia card and get instant network access, as with a > fixed IP, and instead requires the card to be in place at boot? That's not been my experience. If i pull one card, and then insert another (all on a DHCP network), the 2nd card grabs a new DHCP address automagically, and i'm ready to go. -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ L. Friedman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux Step-by-step & TyGeMo: http://netllama.ipfox.com 8:25am up 85 days, 15:11, 2 users, load average: 0.42, 0.22, 0.30 _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list - http://linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Archives,and Digests are located at the above URL.
