On Sun, 2006-09-24 at 20:52 -0600, David G. Miller wrote: > Ric Moore <wayward4now@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Suggestion: Don't use the network setup thingie. Ha! I knew someone would get into the spirit of it!! > I'm not understanding something so more questions. You say you have a > fixed IP address above and this is the only system on your network. > How/why does DHCP enter into this? Are you trying to no longer use a > fixed IP address and want to move to Bell South providing your address > through DHCP? I have a static IP, and with the DSL modem set to "pass through" mode, my linux "crate" is doing everything... and blowing up. Been working rock solid, went through the update, a report is made about something missing and I go into scattered chickens mode becauce weird stuff is happening, like the domainname being added as an alias to localhost minutes after I fix it. All Night Long. I did shave today. But my 56 year old face has a couple more wrinkles... <kill me now> > > >[root@iam etc]# more hosts > ># Do not remove the following line, or various programs > ># that require network functionality will fail. > >127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost iam.wayward4now.net > > > > > Remove the "iam.wayward4now.net". See rant above! <kill me now> > >Shouldn't there be a 192.168.0.X entry here? Do I add that? I though all > >this housekeeping was taken care of, or am I just confused here? > > > For DHCP provided by Bell South (they assign your IP address), your > /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 should look something like: > > IPV6INIT=no > ONBOOT=yes > USERCTL=no <-- You can set this to yes if you wish > TYPE=Ethernet > DEVICE=eth0 > BOOTPROTO=dhcp > DHCP_HOSTNAME=iam > > Your /etc/sysconfig/network file should look something like: > > NETWORKING=yes > HOSTNAME=iam.wayward4now.net > > and /etc/hosts should just have: > > 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost > > > See if this allows you to run with Bell South assigning your IP address > using DHCP. > > For fixed IP address operation, > /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 should look like: > > IPV6INIT=no > DEVICE=eth0 > ONBOOT=yes > BOOTPROTO=static > IPADDR=70.145.234.214 > NETMASK=255.255.255.0 > GATEWAY=65.14.234.23 > > These examples are taken from my server/router and a workstation on my > network and were only "adjusted" for the IP addresses, etc. you provided > (but check my typing). I used the network setup applet for creating > these so there shouldn't be a problem using them with it if the need arises. > > Bell South's DHCP should provide the name server information and > populate /etc/resolv.conf. If it does not or you go back to running a > fixed IP address, /etc/resolv.conf should look like: > > search dns.asm.bellsouth.net > nameserver 205.152.37.23 > nameserver 205.152.132.23 I needed reality check, now can I have a group hug? Thank you very very much for the hand holding, I'm dumping this out on the printer for my crying towel and shall go back to trying static. I did do one thing though... I went and got the FC6 versions of bind and it seems to have quieted down a LOT! bind-9.3.2-41.fc6.i386.rpm bind-libs-9.3.2-41.fc6.i386.rpm bind-chroot-9.3.2-41.fc6.i386.rpm bind-sdb-9.3.2-41.fc6.i386.rpm bind-devel-9.3.2-41.fc6.i386.rpm bind-utils-9.3.2-41.fc6.i386.rpm bind-libbind-devel-9.3.2-41.fc6.i386.rpm plus network-bind-config and anything I could grab. That was taking a fashion risk, but it sure seems to be better and a heckuva lot quicker resolving the names. [root@iam Desktop]# more /etc/hosts # Do not remove the following line, or various programs # that require network functionality will fail. 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost iam.wayward4now.net I hope this is just left over from before... it's BAAACK! <kill me now> Ric -- ================================================ My father, Victor Moore (Vic) used to say: "There are two Great Sins in the world... ...the Sin of Ignorance, and ...the Sin of Stupidity. Only the former may be overcome." R.I.P. Dad. Linux user# 44256 Sign up at: http://counter.li.org/ http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/oar http://www.wayward4now.net ================================================
