Subject: Re: Ethernet
From: Jon (champoux@mediaone.net)
Date: Tue Dec 18 2001 - 15:26:51 MST
Well, I will look into that right now...
But.. I also installed YDL 2.1 on another machine that is on the same
network and it works just fine.
Thanks.
On Tuesday, December 18, 2001, at 05:17 PM, John Schmidt wrote:
> On Tuesday 18 December 2001 02:08 pm, you wrote:
>> On Tuesday, December 18, 2001, at 03:08 PM, nathan r. hruby wrote:
>>> On Tue, 18 Dec 2001, Jon wrote:
>>
>>> What's the output of /sbin/route?
>>
>> Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric
>> 192.168.1.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0
>> 127.0.0.0 * 255.0.0.0 U 0
>> Default 192.168.1.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0
>>
>> Ref Use Iface
>> 0 0 eth0
>> 0 0 lo
>> 0 0 eth0
>>
>>> What's the output of /sbin/ifconfig?
>>
>> Do I really have to? :)
>>
>> eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr ...
>> inet addr:192.168.1.6 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
>> UP BROADCAST RUNNING MTU:1500 Metric:1
>> RX packets:11 errors:2 dropped:181 overruns:0 frame:2
>> TX packets:24 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
>>
>> ..... ..... .....
>>
>>> What is the contents of /etc/resolv.conf?
>>
>> Has all the correct name servers...
>>
>>> Are you using a network card that *isn't* the built-in ethernet?
>>
>> No
>>
>>> What are you pluging into (DSL modem, hub, another computer)
>>
>> Cable, DHCP
>>
>>> DHCP or static addressing?
>>
>> DHCP
>>
>>> -n
>>> --
>>> ......
>>> nathan hruby - nhruby@arches.uga.edu
>>> computer support specialist
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>>> ......
>
>
> Your default route is set to your eth0 (192.168.1.1) which is due to
> the the
> file /etc/sysconfig/network having an entry for GATEWAYDEV=eth0. Try
> and remove the eth0 from the GATEWAYDEV= (leave the =).
>
> For dhcp, I had to use dhcpd I think. I don't have dsl anymore so don't
> recall all of the specifics. But I think that dhcpd would "take over"
> and
> set up the proper GATEWAYDEV and generate the proper default route which
> should be through your ISP instead of your LAN.
>
> I am sure the above is not right and hopefully someone will correct any
> errors. I do believe that the default installation of YDL 2.1 sets the
> GATEWAYDEV=eth0 which causes problems for dialup networking and setting
> up
> the proper default route. I suspect that this also applies to dsl and
> cable
> modems??
>
> John Schmidt
> jas@netbrick.com
>
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