Re: kernel 2.2.5 and networking

Chad Glendenin (chad.glendenin@yale.edu)
Thu, 22 Apr 1999 03:02:52 -0400

Dave Bresson wrote:
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> So after this I ran /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifup to get the
> networking initialized, but unfortunately bootp got no response. So I
> went into the ifcfg-eth0 and changed it to dhcp, (mainly because I figured
> hardly anyone has ever gotten this to work and I figured I could eliminate
> a possibility quickly and move on to hard-coding it), so i did a ifup
> again, and to my amazement, dhcp actually *worked* and got my ip...I
> was absolutely shocked. I didn't expect it to work, as noone else I know
> has got it to consistently work, and especially with all the problems I've
> been having. That's just really odd. Anyways, I'm excited, but that's

i used DHCP under Debian 2.0 at the beginning of the year with no trouble.
the only problem was my vanity IP. my linux box was "spork.je.yale.edu" (no
port scans, please), but DHCPcd would still give me
"netXX-YYY.student.yale.edu", so i just hardcoded my IP. also saves me from
DHCP server problems (my win98-using roommates complain about getting error
messages all the time about loosing the lease on their IPs)

> still not the end of the road yet...first of all, I noticed after awhile
> that dhcp clobbered my /etc/resolv.conf after awhile (at first it was

the DHCP client daemon (DHCPcd) keeps its resolv.conf in
/etc/dhcpc/resolv.conf, which can be linked to /etc/resolv.conf.

> there in the beginning, later it was just reduced to no searching at all,
> etc.) I mean I used to be able to do a ssh mars ; and now it's just
> annoying to do a ssh mars.its.yale.edu . Is this a feature of some kind
> of dhcp? It's really annoying me, and I wish I could turn it off or
> something so I could keep my own. Luckily I have my old resolv.conf saved
> away. Shawn or someone else familiar with the protocol could probably
> answer this one...
>
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good luck,
ccg

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