On Sunday 22 December 2002 05:37 am, Jure Repinc wrote: > When I installed Mandrake 9.0 I set my connection to use static IP. Now > I have to change the connection type from this to use DHCP server to get > it's settings. But after runing the wizzard connection doesn't work. > ifup eth0 says that cable isn't connected but it is and it is all OK > with it (all works very well in Windows). I remember that if you > selected dynamic IP config during Mandrake installation you also had a > chance to select which DHCP client to use. But now I see no option to > set this and I think that DHCP client isn't runing at all. Will I have > to install Mandrake again just to get network runing?! How can I manualy > change from static settings to dynamic settings? Try opening Mandrake Control Center and selecting "Network and Internet > connection" Then toggle the expert mode button at the bottom of the window. Toggle the "Configure Local area Network" button> and on boot protocol toggle the down arrow and select dhcp. If everthing is installed it will change with no comment and you can tick on the apply button and it should change and show you a ip address and dhcp. All assuming you use KDE or Gnome. HTH -- Dennis M. linux user # 180842
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