On Fri September 30 2005 11:21 am, Bob Chiodini wrote: > Claude, > > Had the three working PCs been rebooted lately? If not that might > explain why they continued to work. Or they had not gotten new leases > from the server. > I booted a spare laptop that had been sitting on the shelf for months during this little episode, and it had no problems, so I don't think that's it. > Maybe something mucked up you dhcp.conf file. I've only limited > experience with DHCP, and I did not run my own DNS server, just handed > out the addresses from my ISP. Is there a dhcp.conf.rpmnew or .orig > file? > dhcp.conf was intact - I did check that > Maybe there is a bug in webmin. Did you happen to note the file date > and times for your dhcp.conf before changing it? > well, I don't know about that - I had been poking around webmin that night, but I didn't configure anything with it - > I take it that no one else is having similar problems. no one else has chimed in I did notice one other thing regarding slpd; on boot I get a selinux message saying it has failed to get permissions - I can't give details because I'm on my way out of town Hope this current configuration 'holds' - my downstairs housemate wouldn't want internet down for a whole weekend - fortunately, I have a router that can be swapped in for my Linux box, and I left him instructions on how to do that - I guess I'm in wait and see mode -- Claude Jones Bluemont, VA, USA
