Hi Robert, Thanks for your further advice.
I will post another posting requesting for advice on configuring network settings using DHCP At 07:25 PM 1/7/2002 -0800, you wrote: >Please try removing nameserver 192.168.252.200 from >/etc/resolv.conf since it isn't one of your ISP's DNS servers. It could very >well explain the long delays because your computer tries to use >192.168.252.200 for name resoltion and it times out and then tries the next >name server on your list at address 210.0.144.26, which the succeeds. I removed the first line from /etc/resolv.conf and re-booted the PC. However problem stil remained intact. The aforesaid line came back again. It is different from Win box. Even I boot the Win box without broadband cable connected and after start completed I plug in the cable. Win box can detect my ISP's DNS server immediately without waiting. B.R. Stephen >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Stephen Liu >Sent: Sunday, January 06, 2002 9:08 PM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: RE: Detecting "Bringup interface eth0 problem > > >Hi Robert, > >Thanks for your advice > >At 09:15 PM 1/4/2002 -0800, you wrote: > >Here's a few suspects > > > >1. HOSTNAME is localhost.localdomain, it might be a problem for DHCP? > >2. The long delay sounds like some kind of timeout problem > >3. Are the nameserver settings in resolv.conf really your ISP's DNS >servers? > >There are 3 setting in /etc/resolv.conf >nameserver 192.168.252.200 >nameserver 210.0.144.26 >nameserver 210.0.144.29 > >My ISP only provides dynamic IP address. The last 2 settings are my ISP's >DNS servers. I have no idea of the first one. > > >*** I thought DNS servers where located via DHCP? Try removing the > >references to DNS servers. The DCHP BOOTP protocol should locate these for > >you automatically. > >Kindly advise what references I have to remove to DNS servers and how ? > > >What info did you get from your ISP on how to set up your host for DHCP? > >I did not set up the host for DHCP because only dynamic IP address is >provided by my ISP. > >Thanks in advance. > >B.R. >Stephen > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Stephen Liu > >Sent: Friday, January 04, 2002 6:40 PM > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Subject: RE: Detecting "Bringup interface eth0 problem > > > > > >Hi Robert, > > > >Thanks for your response. > > > >At 04:20 PM 1/4/2002 -0800, you wrote: > > >You should try to set the machine up on a static ip address and see if >this > > >makes any difference. > > > >My ISP only provides dynamic IP address > > > > >What are the contents of these files??? > > > > > >/etc/hosts > > >/etc/host.conf > > >/etc/resolv.conf > > >/etc/sysconfig/network > > >/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 > > > >As follows : > >/etc/hosts > ># Do not remove the following line, or various programs > ># that require network functionality will fail. > >127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost > > > >/etc/host.conf > >order hosts,bind > > > >/etc/resolv.conf > >nameserver 192.168.252.200 > >nameserver 210.0.144.26 > >nameserver 210.0.144.29 > >search localdomain > > > >/etc/sysconfig/network > >NETWORKING=yes > >HOSTNAME=localhost.localdomain > > > >etc/sysconfig/network-script/ifcfg-eth0 > >DEVICE=eth0 > >BOOTPROTO=dhcp > >ONBOOT=yes > > > >Thanks > > > >B.R. > >Stephen > > > > > > >-----Original Message----- > > >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Gregg Morris > > >Sent: Friday, January 04, 2002 7:09 AM > > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >Subject: Re: Detecting "Bringup interface eth0 problem > > > > > > > > >Stephen, > > > > > >Three or four minutes to initialize *with* your broadband connection? > > >That's not normal. > > >What type of broadband connection? > > > > > >/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 looks OK to me. > > > > > >Is there a line in your /etc/hosts file that says, > > >"127.0.0.1 localhost" ? Preferably the first line? > > >Do you have dhcpcd running on startup? > > > > > >Regards, > > >Gregg > > > > > > > > > >>>>> "Stephen" == Stephen Liu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > > > > > > Hi Justin, Thanks for your response. > > > > > > > With broadband connection it takes about 3-4 minutes. Without > > > > connection it takes longer time. > > > > > > > (Without broadband connected) > > > > /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 looks as follows ; > > > > > > > DEVICE=eth0 BOOTPROTO=dhcp ONBOOT=yes > > > > > > > Any reconfiguration I have to make. > > > > > > > Thanks in advance. > > > > > > > B.R. Stephen Liu > > > > > > > > > > At 01:12 PM 1/3/2002 -0600, you wrote: > > > >> If you mean that it takes forever and a day to realize that > > > >> it's not on the network, than pass a timeout value by adding > > > >> the line: > > > >> > > > >> DHCPCDARGS="-t 10" > > > >> > > > >> to the file /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0. > > > >> > > > >> That makes the DHCP client give up after 10 seconds. > > > >> > > > >> HTH, > > > >> > > > >> Justin > > > >_______________________________________________ >Redhat-list mailing list >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > > >_______________________________________________ >Redhat-list mailing list >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
