Re: Getting Online!


Subject: Re: Getting Online!
From: Larry Blodgett (blodgett@telocity.com)
Date: Mon Jun 18 2001 - 23:14:02 MDT


I think I finally got it right this time.

Log in as root to make this change.

>Okay, it is not static therefore you will need to use DHCP I hope.
>I must admit I have never set up a rr box before. But I seem to be
>the only one willing to help. Go to /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts
>
>edit ifcfg-eth0
>
>-----------------
>DEVICE=eth0
>ONBOOT=yes
>BOOTPROTO=dhcp
>-----------------

reboot machine
log back in as root and do a
updatedb
wait for it to finish then
locate ifconfig ( it seems like it is in /sbin

go there and do a ./ifconfig

if you are on it will show your address

>If rr is running a dhcp server it will supply all the rest. If you
>want to you can save the existing file as ifcfg-eth0.old and then
>modify and save. This will keep your original. Let me know if this
>works.
>--
>Thanks,
>Larry Blodgett (blodgett@telocity.com) (leb@wt.net)
>
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>--- Linux, WinNT, MS-DOS - also known as the Good, the Bad and the Ugly
>Those who would trade freedom for security deserve neither. -B. Franklin
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-- 
Thanks,
Larry Blodgett (blodgett@telocity.com) (leb@wt.net)

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--- Linux, WinNT, MS-DOS - also known as the Good, the Bad and the Ugly Those who would trade freedom for security deserve neither. -B. Franklin Computers save time like kudzu prevents soil erosion. -Everybody knows



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