On 8/23/05, Eric Jahn <eric@ejahn.net> wrote:
> On Tue, 2005-08-23 at 06:03 -0600, Chuck Hast wrote:
>
> > Last weekend I had to go do a demo at the County EOC, I fire up my
> > laptop into Linux and no connection, resolv.conf was empty, and there
> > was not a gateway found in the routes. So I have to go in and manually
> > add this stuff.
>
> DHCP should configure the gateway and dns for you automagically, as this
> is part of what DHCP was designed to do. If your ethernet connection is
> eth0, what output do you get when as root, you run in a terminal:
>
> dhclient eth0 ?
>
Under root I get a command not found message.
My connection is eth1, it is a wireless lan card internal to the machine.
Sometimes it gets the whole thign and at times gets only the IP address
and other times gets nothing.
> I've seen problems, lately in other distros, where dhclient doesn't run
> when the interface is brought up and it has to be manually run like
> this. I put a button on my desktop for these scenarios. Another
> possibility is that the resolver daemon? is overwriting your
> resolve.conf, as it's supposed to do, using dns info inputed into
> your /etc/sysconfig/network/interfaces??? file (dunno what Suse calls it
> exactly).
>
> Anyway, I know your scenario, Chuck, as I'm running the info system
> behind what is called 2-1-1 down here in Sarasota, and they have a lot
> of dealings with the EOC. Moreover, I'm always using my linux laptop to
> make presentations in strange new rooms for community forums, so I feel
> your pain. The worst is when you can't find the network administrator
> to tell you the http proxy server address, when they use one. -Eric
>
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-- Chuck Hast To paraphrase my flight instructor; "the only dumb question is the one you DID NOT ask resulting in my going out and having to identify your bits and pieces in the midst of torn and twisted metal."----------------------------------------------------------------------- This list is provided as an unmoderated internet service by Networked Knowledge Systems (NKS). Views and opinions expressed in messages posted are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of NKS or any of its employees.
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