On Sun, 2003-11-02 at 11:35, Cliff Skoog wrote: > Brian Parish wrote: > > >On Sun, 2003-11-02 at 08:13, Cliff Skoog wrote: > > > > > >>Brian Parish wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >>>What happens when you do (as root): > >>> > >>>ifconfig > >>>ifdown eth0 > >>>ifup eth0 > >>>ifconfig > >>> > >>>Does it change address? > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>The same address is assigned, and the > >>rest of the info is pretty much the same > >>too. The only thing is, as during boot, > >>it takes a long time for eth0 to be > >>assigned an IP. It does on the first > >>boot too, when it always does connect to > >>the shares, but not quite as long that > >>the next times when it doesn't connect. > >>-cliff > >> > >> > >> > >Sounds like your DHCP server is not serving too well. What device is > >providing the addresses? > > > >In any case, it's probably easiest just to go to static addresses and > >bypass all this. Particularly if you only have a couple of nodes, it's > >not exactly a major issue to maintain a static setup. > > > >If you want to go this way and are unclear about what settings to use, > >just post again. > > > >cheers > >Brian > > > > > > > Hello again, > > Thanks for looking into this. > I've tried setting to static from the drake network tool, > several times, trying to follow info I found. No joy on > pinging Win95 either. Those Win machines have static > IPs set, and can talk to each other, which I don't want > to lose, so I'm reluctant to mess too much on that side, > especially since the **** thing always works with dchp > from a virgin install. Maybe I should go back to 9.1. > > But I'll be delighted to try static again, so fire away. > appreciatively, > cliff > OK. Run DrakConnect and click on the wizard. Let it detect the network card. Enter a name for your machine, an IP address in the same range as your W$ machines and the same subnet they are using and you are basically good to go.
You haven't mentioned how your internet access is organized so I'll assume you are using dial-up directly from the linux box, but if not you'll need to also tell DrakConnect the IP address of your gateway and enter the DNS addresses in /etc/resolv.conf That's a quick and dirty explanation. If it falls short on detail, just ask. cheers Brian
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