On Wednesday 04 February 2004 04:31 am, Merlin Zener wrote: > So now I'm back to the original problem. I was able to edit my > /etc/hosts file so it now reads: > > 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost > 192.168.0.10 laptop.workgroup laptop > 192.168.0.20 cel2gthai.workgroup cel2gthai > > But the problem is still the same as before: > If I set the NIC to "auto" in DrakeConnect it hangs on "bringing up > ETH0" when booting, and I can't ping to/from the laptop. If I set it to > 192.168.0.20, then the machines can ping, but the internet doesn't work. > And I haven't even got to the stage of getting Samba sorted yet... > > -- > Merlin Zener
eth0 hanging usually means your machine is looking for a DNS server on a LAN. You have dial-up--right? Give the machine a static IP. The problem with no internet (you actually can dial-out and connect but can get no farther than that--correct?), would be with your /etc/resolv.conf You need something like this as the only line in /etc/resolv.conf search workgroup nameofyourisp.com local For good measure, your /etc/sysconfig/network should look something like this, and nothing else, at least for now: HOSTNAME=cel2gthai .workgroup NETWORKING=yes
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