On Sat, 20 Apr 2002 21:01:43 -0400 Frank Bax <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> quietly intimated:
> At 11:47 AM 20/04/02 -0500, ABrady wrote: > >On Sat, 20 Apr 2002 08:54:35 -0700 (PDT) > >script <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> quietly intimated: > > > > > someone gave me a linksys ethernetfast cable/dsl > > > router and i'm trying to hook it up with redhat 7.2. > > > has anyone out there used a linksys with redhat 7.2? > > > any pointers? > > > > > > basically, to configure the router, first i must make > > > sure that i obtain a dynamic ip address on boot, which > > > i'm doing - this ip address theoretically should be > > > assigned by teh dhcp server on the router, but i don't > > > know how to tell how this is happening. so, after > > > boot, i open netscape and type in the ip address of > > > the router - network unavailabe error pops up. i > > > try to ping the router and same thing. > > > > > > any help would be much appreciated. much. > > > > > > thanks in advance. > > > >Here's how mine works/worked. > > > >I shut down networking on linux. I moved the cable directly from the > >modem to the router and let the router get the IP address. I then > >plugged the linux machine into the router and brought networking up > >again. That assigned linux 192.168.1.100. To get to the router, the > >address is 192.168.1.1 and can be gotten through any browser. > > > >This requires that the linux mahine already being told to use dhcp > >when bringing up the network. If that isn't done, it won't be routed > >to the linksys properly and won't be able to contact it. > > > dhcp client setup on your linux box is not 'required'. Manual > configuration of an ip address 192.168.1.xxx works just as well. > > Frank Maybe I wasn't clear. I meant the linux box needs to know to use dhcp to get the IP (unless one wants to use static IPs, which I found both unnecessary and a little bit more effort than I wanted to make). I didn't mean it needed to be running the server to work -- "I know the world isn't fair, but why isn't it ever unfair in my favor? _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
