Re: eth0: no IPv6 router present - resolved, thanks

2008-06-20 Thread Thomas H. George
On Fri, Jun 20, 2008 at 09:31:30AM -0400, Thomas H. George wrote: > On Thu, Jun 19, 2008 at 12:00:50PM +1000, Alex Samad wrote: > > On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 01:44:40PM -0400, Thomas H. George wrote: > > > On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 10:57:35AM -0500, W Paul Mills wrote: > > > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MES

Re: eth0: no IPv6 router present

2008-06-20 Thread Thomas H. George
On Thu, Jun 19, 2008 at 12:00:50PM +1000, Alex Samad wrote: > On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 01:44:40PM -0400, Thomas H. George wrote: > > On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 10:57:35AM -0500, W Paul Mills wrote: > > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > > > Thomas H. George wrote: > [snip] >

Re: eth0: no IPv6 router present

2008-06-18 Thread Alex Samad
On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 01:44:40PM -0400, Thomas H. George wrote: > On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 10:57:35AM -0500, W Paul Mills wrote: > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > Thomas H. George wrote: [snip] > The network is still unreachable although all the machines > on the lan r

Re: eth0: no IPv6 router present

2008-06-18 Thread Thomas H. George
On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 10:57:35AM -0500, W Paul Mills wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Thomas H. George wrote: > | Some Progress. The ifconfig shows that eth0 has been given the address > | 169.254.122.180 and will not allow it to be changed or deleted. However > | if

Re: eth0: no IPv6 router present

2008-06-18 Thread W Paul Mills
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Thomas H. George wrote: | Some Progress. The ifconfig shows that eth0 has been given the address | 169.254.122.180 and will not allow it to be changed or deleted. However | ifconfig will create eth0:0 and allow the address of the parent machine | to

Re: eth0: no IPv6 router present

2008-06-18 Thread Thomas H. George
On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 09:04:42PM -0400, Thomas H. George wrote: > On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 08:19:45PM -0400, Will Murnane wrote: > > On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 19:32, Thomas H. George <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > When the bootup > > > is complete I replace the interfaces file with a copy of the p

Re: eth0: no IPv6 router present

2008-06-17 Thread Thomas H. George
On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 08:19:45PM -0400, Will Murnane wrote: > On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 19:32, Thomas H. George <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > When the bootup > > is complete I replace the interfaces file with a copy of the parent > > machine's interfaces file and run /etc/init.d/networking restart

Re: eth0: no IPv6 router present

2008-06-17 Thread Will Murnane
On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 19:32, Thomas H. George <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > When the bootup > is complete I replace the interfaces file with a copy of the parent > machine's interfaces file and run /etc/init.d/networking restart. Wouldn't this try to configure it with the same address as the "pare

eth0: no IPv6 router present

2008-06-17 Thread Thomas H. George
; but the lan in unreachable. Checking tail /var/log/syslog I find an entry "eth0: no IPv6 router present". Since the lan is connected to eth0 and the parent computer has no problem connecting I don't understand what's wrong or missing. Tom -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to