On Fri, 12 Jan 2001, cmead wrote:
> Hi everybody,
>
> I've got a rather obscure question tonight, however, I'm hoping someone can
> help.
>
> Here at home I get online (DSL) via the Roaring Penguin software (rp-pppoe)
> from the 7.0 cdrom. However, at work we have a cable RH 6.2 server which
> assigns IP addresses via DHCP.
>
> So, here's my problem, when I first got to work this week with my new laptop
> I couldn't get an IP from the server. After foolin around a bit I put a
> simple file/script in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/
>
> * ifcfg-eth0*
> DEVICE=eth0
> BOOTPROTO=dhcp
> ONBOOT=yes
>
> This file did allow me to surf the net. But it delayed starting eth0 because
> my pcmcia had not started yet. So I was surfing the net at this point.
> Although I still was not able to ping the internal server for whatever
> reason.
>
> Now comes the real problem, when I tried to get online (rp-pppoe) lastnight
> with the laptop I could not surf from home. The machine would get connected
> fine and I could ping IP addresses however it did hang for a short while
> maybe 15-20 seconds and then would start relaying the results back to me
> just fine. I was unable to get on to any web or ftp sites would just
> timeout. Giving 'Unknownhost' error.
>
> I have to admit I'm at a loss tonight gonna try fooling around now to get it
> online but I really don't know where to start mostly because it will
> connect!?! So I'm not sure what to do... : (
>
> Any suggestions to any of my problems would be much appreciated.
>
> Thnx
> CM
>
>
Check that /etc/resolv.conf points to the correct name servers. Dhcpcd or
pump will both change the name server if they are sent that information
along with the IP address. It can also change the gateway address.
Mikkel
--
Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons,
for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup.
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