Hi Rilindo I had tried restarting network without success. I even tried stopping and starting network without success.
david On Thu, 10 Jan 2002, Rilindo Foster wrote: > xinetd has nothing to do with your connectivity - it is just a daemon that > calls the serves that connects to your box. > > Rather than trying to using ifconfig, just run the "/etc/rc.d/init.d/network > restart". > > To configure network, use "netconfig"/ > > On Thursday 10 January 2002 11:18 am, you wrote: > > > I have little bits of time over a few months now and cannot figure out how > > basic network services work on rh7.2. > > > > The problem I am having is the following: I upgraded the harddrive in my > > laptop. At the same time I installed 7.2 from 6.2. I normally use DHCP > > to get an IP address for the computer. The first problem is if I forget > > to connect the ethernet cable, before turning on the computer, I cannot > > figure out how to make the computer request an IP address. There is > > nothing wrong with the computer, because when I connect the cable and > > restart everthing works. Everything I have tried, which is a long list > > does not seem to work. If I run "ifconfig" after forgetting to connect to > > ethernet cable the only interface is "lo" If I try using the control-panel > > to activate the ethernet interface it hangs (It may be taking a long time > > and has not timed out, I have not left it to find out) > > > > The second problem is I use my computer for troubleshooting and will > > change the IP address to a static IP address. I have not been able to > > make this work either. > > > > Would somebody please explain to me how to do these. > > > > thanks > > david > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Redhat-list mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > -- > Rilindo Foster > http://monzell.com > AIM: rilindo > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
