Re: absurdly simple LAN problem
hi ya anthony
On Thu, 15 Sep 2005, Anthony Campbell wrote:
> desktop:
>
> /etc/hosts:
>
> 127.0.0.1 localhost loopback
> 192.168.0.20 arcadia.acampbell.org.uk arcadia arcadia.acupuncturecourse.org.uk accampbell.uklinux.net
> 192.168.0.22 thinkpad ibm
for testing, change all that .. delete the garbage what was deleted in
this email example
127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost
192.168.0.20 arcadia.acampbell.org.uk arcadia
192.168.0.22 thinkpad.acampbell.org.uk ibmthinkpad
> /etc/resolv.conf
>
> search
search acampbell.org.uk
> nameserver 80.84.64.20
> nameserver 80.84.72.20
> laptop:
>
> /etc/resolv.conf
>
> search acampbell.org.uk
> nameserver 80.84.64.20
> nameserver 80.84.72.20
good on the laptop you did have the correct "search" but your desktop did
not
> /etc/hosts
>
> 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost
> 192.168.0.22 ibm.acampbell.org.uk ibm thinkpad
> 192.168.0.20 arcadia
192.168.0.20 arcadia.acampbell.org.uk arcadia
> > > ac:/usr/share/doc/shorewall:$ ifconfig -a
> > > eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:06:1B:DE:4B:CF
> >
> > bad .. this does NOT have an ip# assigned to it ...
> > ===================================================
ifconfig eth0 192.168.0.20
> > > wifi0 Link encap:UNSPEC HWaddr 00-40-96-44-B5-A6-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00
> > > BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:2312 Metric:1
> >
> > bad ... this does NOT have an ip# assigned to it
> > /////////////////////////////////////////////////
iwconfig wifi0 192.168.0.22
> How can I correct these?
see above
- if it works when yu manually set it.. you can either do
those commands in your own script or find the misconfigured files
and fix it
c ya
alvin
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