Subject: Re: Ethernet
From: Jon (champoux@mediaone.net)
Date: Tue Dec 18 2001 - 15:36:50 MST
Hmm, doesn't make a difference..
On Tuesday, December 18, 2001, at 05:26 PM, Jon wrote:
> 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
>>>> department of drama and theatre
>>>> http://www.drama.uga.edu/
>>>> ......
>>
>>
>> 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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