FC4 internet connection

[captnemotx at netscape.net]

-----Original Message-----
From: gb spam <gbofspam at gmail.com>
To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list at redhat.com>
Sent: Wed, 19 Oct 2005 19:18:01 -0400
Subject: Re: FC4 internet connection


this file (/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0) is severely
screwed up.  it contains mixtures of static ip (IPADDR is defined) and
dhcp (BOOTPROTO=dhcp) config.  Stop the network (service network
stop).  Take a backup of that file (but DON'T put it in the same
directory, it may confuse the system into thinking it has another
device, try copying to /root) then change the contents to the
following:

DEVICE=eth0
BOOTPROTO=dhcp
HWADDR=00:0D:88:25:FE:FD
ONBOOT=yes
TYPE=Ethernet
USERCTL=no
PEERDNS=no
IPV6INIT=no

then restart your network


Thanks, that did the trick; it is working now.  I have a static address 
assigned to me by my provider.  I have run Web and e-mail servers for 
the past few years.  I used to use a RedHat box but went to FreeBSD 
last year.  This machine that I'm working on used to be the server but 
is now a "workstation".  The server has two NICs and is used as a 
router for an internal home network but when it went down recently I 
went back to using the Linux box through a D-Link router and just used 
the GUI to tell it to use DHCP instead of the static network address; 
hence the mixture of static and DHCP configs.  I've been meddling with 
Linux since RH 6.0 so I should know not to mix GUI with command line 
configs . . . but I don't do this on a regular enough basis to remember 
everything.

Thanks for the help.  I'll submit a separate message for the other 
issue I'm experiencing.

Kevin
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