Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (4288 mails)

[Nick Selby <php@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 09:54 AM 5/2/2002 -0400, you wrote:
> Nick,
> I don't see any mention of your DNS entries!
> Can you get out on the Internet from ANY computer going through that
> gateway?

Yes, the other two have no problem seeing each other or the internet. Or we 
wouldn't be able to have these stimulating conversations!!!

I'm in my old hard drive now copying /etc/*.conf .

The contents of route.conf:

192.168.0.1             0.0.0.0                 255.255.255.255         ippp0
192.168.10.0            0.0.0.0                 255.255.255.0           NONE
default                 192.168.0.99


Contents of resolv.conf


nameserver 192.168.10.1
search nickselby.de


> If not, check that you have entries in the Name Server List.
> This would explain why you can ping the other machines on the network, but
> you can't get out to the Internet.
>
> ---------------------------
> Eric Carbone
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nick Selby [mailto:php@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Thursday, May 02, 2002 9:49 AM
> To: suse-linux-e@xxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [SLE] Card Hell (Was network hell)
>
> At 09:31 AM 5/2/2002 -0400, you wrote:
> >A couple of things bothered me about Nick's posts.
> >First, the necessity of rebooting the system. In Linux and Unix systems
> >there are very few reasons why a system needs to be rebooted. Possibly the
> >card services thing may have assigned the installed NIC on eth1 and the PC
> >card onto eth0. In that case, I might suggest a reboot. But, changing most
> >networking information generally requires simply a quick reconfiguration.
>
> That was my suspicion, and the main reason I am hesitant to make the clean
> reinstall: I just made a clean install on a spanking new hard drive; the
> thing SEES my ethernet card; there should be no reason it cannot be
> configured.
>
> Except I don't know how. Or even where to start.
>
>
>
>
> >YaST normally handles this. Certainly, if you want to run a new kernel, you
> >need to reboot. But even if you want to change a driver, simply unload the
> >module (if it is loaded), and load the new module. Even if X is screwing
> >up, if you can get to a virtual terminal (ctl-alt-f[1-6]). Log in as root
> >and telinit 3 (to shut off X until you can fix the problem). There are some
> >other reasons. I have seen X grab the mouse and keyboard in such a manner
> >that the only thing you can do is power off.
> >
> >The other is reinstall. If you really messed up the installation, then that
> >might be a solution, but with most modern Linux distros, you can easily
> >remove and add packages.
> >
> >With YaST, it is relatively simple to change your network configuration. We
> >hold our monthly LUG meetings at MIT where we have a static IP. After I
> >boot my laptop, I simply reconfigure the network with the static IP
> >assigned to that classroom.
> >
> >(BTW: I've spent many hours in network hell as well as various code
> >management systems hell :-)
> >
> >
> >
> >On 2 May 2002 at 15:13, Nick Selby wrote:
> > > Actually I agree, but since I'm trying to learn about Linux this seems a
> > > very Windoweez way of going about it. Something don't work? Reinstall
> the
> > > entire operating system! But I take your point. Of more concern was my
> > > distinct impression that the suse tech, while a VERY nice guy, seemed a
> > bit
> > > lost. For example, not once did he ask me for the output of ifconfig.
> For
> > > example.
> >
> >--
> >Jerry Feldman
> >Portfolio Partner Engineering
> >508-467-4315 http://www.testdrive.compaq.com/linux/
> >Compaq Computer Corp.
> >200 Forest Street MRO1-3/F1
> >Marlboro, Ma. 01752
> >
> >
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