Re: problem with network configurations

2004-01-16 Thread enantiomer
David Z Maze [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... [EMAIL PROTECTED] (enantiomer) writes: Recently I looked into setting up my laptop so that it could switch between static and dhcp. I looked at an article on this group and tried the suggestion and it didn't work.

Re: problem with network configurations

2004-01-16 Thread David Z Maze
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (enantiomer) writes: David Z Maze [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... My laptop's /etc/network/interfaces file looks very loosely like iface eth0 inet dhcp iface net-home inet static address 192.168.1.3 netmask 255.255.255.0

Re: problem with network configurations

2004-01-16 Thread enantiomer
Uwe Dippel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... On Thu, 15 Jan 2004 10:50:11 +0100, enantiomer wrote: I tried doing some diagnostics by running ifconfig and route, but they dont return any values at all. What do you mean with 'not at all' ?? I'd expect a lo0 to

Re: problem with network configurations

2004-01-15 Thread Jan Minar
Hi, enantiomer. On Wed, Jan 14, 2004 at 06:43:41PM -0800, enantiomer wrote: I was very careful to return the file back to it's original state. Any help? Backup copies are really worth them. ---File begins below line

Re: problem with network configurations

2004-01-15 Thread David Z Maze
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (enantiomer) writes: Recently I looked into setting up my laptop so that it could switch between static and dhcp. I looked at an article on this group and tried the suggestion and it didn't work. I restored my interfaces file back to normal (i had commented out what I had

Re: problem with network configurations

2004-01-15 Thread Uwe Dippel
On Thu, 15 Jan 2004 10:50:11 +0100, enantiomer wrote: I tried doing some diagnostics by running ifconfig and route, but they dont return any values at all. What do you mean with 'not at all' ?? I'd expect a lo0 to 127.0.0.1 at least. Some route, probably. If both are really empty, I'd have to

Re: problem with network configurations

2004-01-15 Thread enantiomer
Jan Minar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... Hi, enantiomer. On Wed, Jan 14, 2004 at 06:43:41PM -0800, enantiomer wrote: I was very careful to return the file back to it's original state. Any help? Backup copies are

Re: problem with network configurations

2004-01-15 Thread Jan Minar
On Thu, Jan 15, 2004 at 08:34:11AM -0800, enantiomer wrote: iface eth0 inet dynamic I overlooked this. It couldn't work, because... ok, i was not being very observant and forgot to switch the 'dynamic' word to 'static' when I got home to my static IP network. I still ... `dynamic' is an