Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-edu (108 mails)

["Andrew Nix" <andrew.nix@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>  --- Andrew Nix <andrew.nix@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> I came into work this morning to find I couldnt access my profile on
>> the network. So I checked what was happening at start up. I noticed
>> that our DHCP server has started giving out class A addresses.
>> Everything is ok if
>> I set up static ip address, but its just not fiesable to have the
>> entire school working like that.
>
> Indeed, not.
>
>> Does anyone know why our DHCP server may have
>> started acting this way? And how I will be able to fix it? Any imput
>> very
>> very very welcome.
>
> Ok, Andrew. What I suspect has happened is that SuSE (in its usually
> really annoying way) has changed some things for you. Typically
> "SuSEConfig" tries to be too helpful in updating/magling everything and
> so what you think is safe from being changed is not.
>
> DHCP is controlled (IIRC) here:
>
> /etc/network/interfaces/eth0
>
> Edit that file, and fix the IP address range. Class A IP's are OK on a
> large network (10.x.x.x.) but I'm guessing you've a Class C?

Yes we have a class C

> HTH,
>
> -- Thomas Adam
>
> =====
> Thomas Adam
>
> "The Linux Weekend Mechanic" -- www.linuxgazette.com
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