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Roberto Pavan (rpavan@telus.net)
Mon, 22 Jan 2001 11:07:15 -0800
> Next, I uninstalled the card, and reinstalled it into my Linux machine.
> Everything should be simple enough right, same network settings? Using the
> command "netconf" I made sure everything in the eth0 settings, and all
other
> network settings where blank, and that the DCHP option was checked.
I believe 'netconf' is part of the 'linuxconf' group of utilities, which I
usually try to avoid at all costs.
I connect to Telus on a RH 6.2 system with no troubles whatsoever. I
suggest you try the excellent Red Hat configuration tool, 'netcfg'. Simply
tell it that you wish to configure eth0 using DHCP. Don't bother filling in
domain information, though you can specify your hostname there if you wish.
I also suggest you run netcfg from a x-terminal (or equivalent) command line
(as root, of course) so that you can see the messages that come up when you
try to activate your connection. The terminal will echo something like:
'looking up dhcp request for eth0'
then let you know if it worked or not, and usually why.
I did find that re-specifying (changing) the hostname screwed up some things
for X authentication, like bringing up apps, etc., but a re-boot fixed that.
I'm sure I didn't have to do that, but it was the easiest thing to do.
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Your faithful narrator,
Roberto Pavan rpavan@telus.net
"If a birth is the fallout from the union of two unstable
elements, then perhaps a half-life is all we can expect."
--Salman Rushdie "The Moor's Last Sigh"
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