On Mon, 2002-12-16 at 14:17, Frank Bax wrote: > I downloaded Mandrake ISO's to one machine; then used these for an ftp > install on a second machine. Sometime after the installation, access to > anything through the nic wouldn't work. I finally did get some results > when I changed from DHCP to static ip. But now there's a different > problem. Earlier this week, I happened to reboot the machine and when it > came up, the system 'forgot' it had a network card. When I went into MCC, > there was no card listed, but as I went through the wizard, previous > setting were 'remembered' and the system worked again. Today, I happened > to do another reboot, amd the same thing happened again. Am I missing > something simple for the system to 'remember' it has a nic during a reboot. > > Frank
I've tried to make the statement before that MCC has some "issues" and that connectivity - whether it be by modem or NIC should be "hard wired"... Personally, I ditched using MCC for anything at all to do with networking - and use "linuxconf" from either the console or in a term...I've gotten much better results - aside from actually making direct modifications BY HAND to the networking scripts... -- Mon Dec 16 14:40:00 EST 2002 2:40pm up 5 days, 7:02, 6 users, load average: 1.27, 0.43, 0.21 .o0 linux user:267497 0o. -------------------------------- | __ __ | k�hn media australia | / \ /| |'-. | http://kma.0catch.com | .\__/ || | | | | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' | stephen k�hn | | / \__.`=._) (_ | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | |/ ._/ |"""""""""| | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | |'. `\ | | | icq: 5483808 | ;"""/ / | | | | smk ) /_/| |.-------.| | mobile: 0410-728-389 | ' `-`' " " | Berkeley, New South Wales, AU -------------------------------- Coralament*Best Gr�tens*Liebe Gr��e*Best Regards*Elkorajn Salutojn "`...and the Universe,' continued the waiter, determined not to be deflected on his home stretch, `will explode later for your pleasure.' Ford's head swivelled slowly towards him. He spoke with feeling. `Wow,' he said, `What sort of drinks do you serve in this place?' The waiter laughed a polite little waiter's laugh. `Ah,' he said, `I think sir has perhaps misunderstood me.' `Oh, I hope not,' breathed Ford." - Ford in paradise.
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