Subject: Re: YD 2.1 and network connection
From: Dan Calhoun (dcalhoun15@home.com)
Date: Wed Nov 07 2001 - 20:35:05 MST
Lets see when the software (yd 2.1) loaded and it came to the network setup,
the install paper did not have squat to say about LAN which is what I have.
Now that I realize the hyper-geek speak, network setup never really got set
up. My router/sw Linksis can see the computer and it has assigned an dhcp
IP, but the host and domain were never entered at setup. It is referring to
host@hostname yada. Now I believe I have to delve into the inner workings of
the network config, Yeah Ok, right
----- Original Message -----
From: "Nathan A. McQuillen" <nm@steaky.dhs.org>
To: <yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com>
Sent: Wednesday, November 07, 2001 7:19 PM
Subject: Re: YD 2.1 and network connection
>
> HA!! Thought that would do it. See, there's theory, then there's the way
> things really work... ;) So.
>
> My suggestion in this case is simply to set up your box with a static IP
> that's within the subnet your router wants for client machines (usually
> 192.168.0.something) -- my router/firewall has pretty easy tools for
> specifying the address range it leases to DHCP machines, I just set the
> static hosts outside that range so nothing gets assigned a duplicate ID
> and rock.
>
> Much easier -- just set the machine up as if it had a "real" static IP.
>
> You might have netcfg installed, i don't know if the stock YDL 2.1
> includes it but I don't see why it wouldn't -- that'll be the easiest way
> to set stuff up. You can start X as root and use the config tools there,
> or use Linuxconf if you have it. Sorry to be unhelpful but this is one
> area where my system has been heavily doctored and I don't recall the
> default configuration.
>
> If you want to do it manually, set up /etc/sysconfig/network,
> /etc/HOSTNAME, /etc/resolv.conf, /etc/networks, and
> /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 (unless you're using a different
> eth device). I think that's all of 'em. Then of course you want to reload
> networking and all that, might be easier to just reboot since you're not
> on line yet.
>
> Hope that helps.
>
> - N2
>
> On Wed, 7 Nov 2001, Dan M Calhoun wrote:
>
> >
> > Question: Finally got YD 2.1 loaded on my 8500/200 Wea. It required
another
> > Harddrive dedicated to YD 2.1. It would not load to a partition on the
main
> > HD. Anyhoo I have a home network with 4 computers on through a Cable/DSL
> > Router /Switch. I selected DHCP as my network connection but I'm unable
to
> > connect to anything. Where does one configure a gateway in YD.. This is
what
> > I had to do with my Win box. The browser does not connect nor does
email.
> > What to do????
> >
> > DanC
> >
>
>
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