[Wylug-help] networking laptop woes [Red Hat DHCP logging]

[Anne Wilson]

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On Wednesday 13 Jul 2005 15:27, Mike Goodman wrote:
> /etc/sysconfic/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 contains:
> DEVICE=eth0
> BOOTPROTO=dhcp
> HWADDR=00:C0:9F:7B:BD:38
> ONBOOT=yes
> TYPE=Ethernet
> DHCP_HOSTNAME=sonny.local.sys
>
> I put that first because the next bit goes on and on and on and . . .
> with a great deal of repetition. Once you've seen the pattern, me
> booting up and shutting down a couple of times, I think you will know
> whether it is going to be useful:
> Lines in /var/log/messages (yes, Dave, I'm now sure that's where syslog
> went) which contain references to eth0 or SiS900, the ethernet device,
> but little or no mention of dhcp:
>
Just a thought - Do you really need dhcp?  I would think that it would be 
easier to start with static ip and get everything working, then move back to 
dhcp if you need it.

Anne
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