Re: FC5 networking question, emachines t3418

[Peter Horst <phorst@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote:

[snip as-yet-undiscovered pebkac error]
    

Change /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 to something like:

DEVICE=eth0
BOOTPROTO=dhcp

TYPE=Ethernet

Then edit /etc/hosts to look like:

127.0.0.1   localhost.localdomain localhost obtunded

(Delete the "192.168.2.123 obtunded" line.)

Then run, as root:
ifdown eth0
ifup eth0
  

Thank you very much for the help. I must be doing something really screwy - I did as you recommended, then I double-checked my spelling, but no joy.

Just as a lark I ran:

#dhclient

...then checked /var/log/messages.

I found:

[DATE] obtunded dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval [NUMBER]
[DATE] obtunded dhclient: No DHCPOFFERS received.
[DATE] obtunded dhclient: No working leases in persistent database - sleeping.

Is this significant?  The thing I don't get is that I just put (what I thought was) the same software on 2 computers, and the old, crappy box is fine while the brand-new one doesn't work.

I really appreciate the help.