david walcroft wrote: > Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: >> Tim wrote: >> >>> On Tue, 2007-09-18 at 19:16 -0500, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: >>> >>>> As far as changes, I suspect that the Windows machine was providing >>>> the DHCP server, and an update turned it off. (Internet connection >>>> sharing, I think.) >>> I would expect the opposite, turning on internet connection sharing >>> tends to also turn the box into a DHCP server. At least that was my >>> experience in the past. >>> >>> >> It does, but an update can turn off Internet connection sharing. (I >> was not sure of the name.) You never know what a Windows update will >> do. I have even seen machines running 2 firewall programs because an >> update urned on the Windows firewall, even though they already had >> one running. It messed up printing to a network printer. I have even >> seen DHCP blocked by installing a new firewall. >> >> Mikkel >> > I now have the problem in which using "service network restart" > disconnects me from the net. > > my /var/log/messages after a reboot > > Sep 17 11:52:40 reddwarf NET[1838]: /sbin/dhclient-script : updated > /etc/resolv.conf > Sep 17 11:52:40 reddwarf dhclient: bound to 121.208.35.242 -- renewal in > 1551 seconds. > Sep 17 11:52:40 reddwarf kernel: eth1: link up, 100Mbps, full-duplex, > lpa 0x41E1 > Sep 17 11:52:40 reddwarf dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on eth1 to > 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 7 > Sep 17 11:52:47 reddwarf dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on eth1 to > 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 16 > Sep 17 11:53:03 reddwarf dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on eth1 to > 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 14 > /var/log/messages > Thanks david Do you still have eth1 set to get its IP address via DHCP? -- The Dilithium Cyrstals need to be rotated.