On Thu, 2007-09-20 at 10:19 +1000, 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. It would be amazing if executing service network restart did not disconnect you from the net since network is the program that does the connecting. > > 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 > -- ======================================================================= If the English language made any sense, lackadaisical would have something to do with a shortage of flowers. -- Doug Larson [Not to mention, butterfly would be flutterby. Ed.] ======================================================================= Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
