Try netconfig. That should at least work for your primary NIC. OTOH you could hack /etc/sysconfig/network, /etc/sysctl.conf, /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth[0-9]
In either case be sure to then run /etc/rc.d/init.d/network restart On Sun, 8 Sep 2002, Bill Taylor wrote: > Hi all, > Is there a way to clear network files, so I can start again? or do I > re-install ? > I started with fixed IP's, then went dhcp, but since I tried to go back, > I can no longer contact > the server, and the nics aren't recognized. I thought I'd killed the > nic's, until I discovered one > still works under windows, so is there something lurking in the linux > systems, which is hiding the > nic's on startup? > Both OS's go thru the same SME 5.12 gateway, samba is not in use, rh 7.3 > linux. I'm back on dhcp, with a narrower and lower range of addresses. > > > > -- Howard. LANNet Computing Associates - Your Linux people Contact detail at http://www.lannetlinux.com "Flatter government, not fatter government." - me Get rid of the Australian states. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
