On Mon, 2002-08-26 at 17:57, Blake C. Thornton wrote: > I need some network help. I haven't seen this happen before. > > I am trying to set up networking on a system without DHCP. My sysadmin > gave me an IP address for my linux box (redhat 7.3). So, I edited: > > /etc/hosts > 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost > 165.134.123.88 localhost.localdomain > > /etc/sysconfig/network > NETWORKING=yes > HOSTNAME=localhost.localdomain > FORWARD_IPV4=false > GATEWAY=165.134.1.254 > > /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts > DEVICE=eth0 > IPADDR=165.134.123.88 > NETMASK=165.134.123.0 this looks suspicious probably should be something like 255.255.255.0
> ONBOOT=yes > > I then edited /etc/resolve.conf with the proper DNS numbers > > My problem: > device eth0 comes up fine. I can ifconfig and it will show that I'm > connected, but I'm not. In fact. If I restart networking without the > cable hooked up, I get exactly the same results (so I'm clearly not > connected). > not a good test. ifconfig will bring the card up even if not connected. There is no need (without dhcp) for the machine to be connected in order to bring the card up. try the netmask fx and see if you can ping the gateway or your dns servers and get back to us. Bret -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
