Subject: Re: DHCP to Static IP
From: cdowns (cdowns@skillsoft.com)
Date: Tue Nov 14 2000 - 13:45:16 MST
Philip Good wrote:
> 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
> > ------------------
np and anytime :) take care and good luck.
Christopher M Downs
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