Subject: Re: DHCP to Static IP
From: Philip Good (phil@go2taichi.com)
Date: Tue Nov 14 2000 - 13:11:55 MST
Thanks to Christopher, Jeff and Peter. Even though I had been trying to switch my
network information from DHCP to manual via netcfg and linuxconf, there was still
some DHCP stuff left in the /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 script, like
the HOSTNAME and DOMAIN were still:
HOSTNAME=adslxxx.dnvr.uswest.net
HOST=dnvr.uswest.net
rather than what I'm sure I had set them to several times vi the GUI setup as:
HOSTNAME=myhost.mydomain.com
HOST=mydomain.com
So, I think the best advice was to skip the GUI tools and head straight for vi.
Thanks again.
Phil
BTW, the reason I am switching is because I get a new IP everytime I reboot my
computer, so if I forget to check my IP before I leave, or if I do a remote
reboot, I can't get back into my home computer.
cdowns wrote:
> Philip Good wrote:
>
> > I've been running my Pismo YDL 1.2.1 off our DSL using DHCP just because it
> > was easiest to setup to get going. I'm now trying to switch over to use one
> > of my static IPs. I've used netcfg to enter all of my host info, DNS info,
> > etc. Changed the eth0 from DCHP to none. Put in my static IP and mask.
> >
> > After rebooting I do an ifconfig and my eth0 shows up as UP with the proper
> > IP address and I can ping a local machine but cannot get anything outside of
> > local network.
> >
> > What am I missing? Sounds like maybe a DNS problem? But my Name server IP's
> > have not changed.
> >
> > Thanks
> > Phil
>
> vi /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0
>
> DEVICE=eth0
> BOOTPROTO=none
> DOMAIN=
> BROADCAST=
> NETWORK=
> NETMASK=
> IPADDR=
> USERCTL=no
> ONBOOT=no
> [root@dwarf_1 perl_scripts]#
>
> fill in the info accordingly and never rely on netcfg or netconfig. if you need
> the gateway you can do several of things:
>
> /sbin/route add default gw 192.168.0.1 and then call it from
> /etc/rc.d/rc.local
>
> or
>
> vi /etc/sysconfig/network ( this makes it permenent, basically the same as in
> rc.local )
>
> NETWORKING=yes
> HOSTNAME=dwarf_1
> FORWARD_IPV4=no
> GATEWAYDEV=
> GATEWAY= 192.168.0.1
> [root@dwarf_1 perl_scripts]#
>
> dns info is in /etc/resolv.conf
> vi /etc/resolv.conf
>
> search skillsoft.com
> nameserver 219.68.3.165
> nameserver 219.68.3.168
> [root@dwarf_1 perl_scripts]#
>
> hope this helps
>
> Christopher M Downs
> ------------------
> Network Administrator
> www.skillsoft.com
> cdowns@skillsoft.com
> ------------------
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