Re: [expert]OS idenity,Dhcp Eth0 and more!!

2001-04-18 Thread H.J.Bathoorn
On Monday 16 April 2001 13:23, you wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: RIPEMD160 > > > I've used RealTek NICs, with no problems. Do you have a link > light on your cable modem? Here in San Antonio, RR uses Toshiba > PCX1100 modems...is the PC light on? Is the link light on your

Re: [expert]OS idenity,Dhcp Eth0 and more!!

2001-04-17 Thread mike ryder
on the box. Use this to check that you can get the hardware to work. hth Mike - Original Message - From: "phil" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, April 16, 2001 5:21 AM Subject: [expert]OS idenity,Dhcp Eth0 and more!! > > Any comments

Re: [expert]OS idenity,Dhcp Eth0 and more!!

2001-04-16 Thread phil
THanks for the info guys but still no ,I've tried these but on ifup eth0 I still get Ip info failed.. At 04:23 AM 4/16/2001, you wrote: >-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- >Hash: RIPEMD160 > >RR does give hostnames, via the dhcp process, and they are usually some funky >l

Re: [expert]OS idenity,Dhcp Eth0 and more!!

2001-04-16 Thread Mitch Thompson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: RIPEMD160 RR does give hostnames, via the dhcp process, and they are usually some funky long thing with part of the IP address in it. It should work by simply running netconf, setting the adapter to dhcp, then doing an ifup eth0 (if eth0 is your etherne

Re: [expert]OS idenity,Dhcp Eth0 and more!!

2001-04-16 Thread John Wolford
Hmmm, i got a reply to this post before i got the post itself. When you subscribed to your Roadrunner ISP, did they give you a hostname? I'm betting they did. Let's pretend that is something like cr934573-a. Then try this on for size: [root@homer john]# dhcpcd -h cr934573-a [root@homer john]#

[expert]OS idenity,Dhcp Eth0 and more!!

2001-04-15 Thread phil
Any comments thanks in advance?? When i run ifup eth0 I get an error message unable to get ip info via dhcpcd. I have went thru netconf a dozen times.If i am using dhcp then no need to enter the Ip address or any of the other things DNS etc. Correct? FYI: Linux for Windows (7.2 Mandrake) on a Hp

Re: [expert]OS idenity,Dhcp Eth0 and more!!

2001-04-15 Thread Eric Krout
First off, DHCP *should* work for you if you have a DHCP server on your domain that you can authenticate to (i.e. your Ethernet (MAC) address is registered with the server and it knows what IP to assign you). But, since this isn't a perfect world, that may not always work. DHCP on a Windows mach