On Sat, 2005-02-26 at 12:27 +0000, Irving, Dave wrote: > Just installed Fedora - and Im trying to get my network settings sorted out. > I've gone to the "Network Configuration" utility and set it up to use DHCP > to get me an IP. > First question: How do I find out what IP it's given me so I can reach my > box from other machines? (Playing around with ping will only give me > localhost.localdomain and 127.0.0.1). /sbin/ifconfig -a will show you details of all your interfaces. > Im also not able to ping external addresses currently. Is this related to > the Default Gateway? > I've added the default gateway used by my XP box to my etc/sysconfig/network > file and rebooted, but I still cant ping machines outside my works network > (I can reach boxes within the network tho). Quite likely. However, your DHCP server *should* be giving you the right gateway. What's that output of "netstat -rn", and what did you put in /etc/sysconfig/network? > I've googled around a bit - but cant really find any guides for this (maybe > Im looking in the wrong places). If anyone knows of something I could read > to help get this sorted, or give me any advice it'd be most appreciated. There's also a GUI tool for setting up networking: system-config-network > This e-mail and any attachment is for authorised use by the intended recipient(s) only. It may contain proprietary material, confidential information and/or be subject to legal privilege. It should not be copied, disclosed to, retained or used by, any other party. If you are not an intended recipient then please promptly delete this e-mail and any attachment and all copies and inform the sender. Thank you. I'd try avoid posting to public mailing lists with silly disclaimers if at all possible. Cheers, Paul. -- Paul Howarth <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
