Installed second NIC [2]

[Jeff Kinz]

On Fri, Dec 17, 2004 at 10:55:41AM -0500, Jeff Kinz wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 17, 2004 at 10:54:54AM -0500, Don wrote:
> > Relatively new Fedora Core 3 box.  I have one NIC installed on the external
> > (internet) interface.  Installed a second NIC for my internal interface;
> > then my problems started.
> > 
> > 1) destroyed /etc/hosts; I had to rebuild it
> > 2) destroyed /etc/resolv.conf; I had to rebuild it
> > 3) For whatever reason, decided to make eth0 now eth1 and vice versa - I
> > think I have it straightened out.
> > 
> > Now when I ping other machines (or the same machine) on the current network,
> > it pings fine.  When I try to ping an internet site, it hangs for a while
> > and then tells me, for example:
> > 
> > Ping: unknown host: yahoo.com
> 
> Hi Don, 
> I have to assume you used Redhat's GUI tools to configure the new NIC.
> Thats it what probably caused your problem.
> 
> Check the contents of your /etc/resolv.conf file to make sure that the
> correct info is in it.  If not, correct it (as root) and then restart
> your network.

Also check the file :
/etc/sysconfig/networking/profiles/default/resolv.conf and make sure its
contents are accurate as well.

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