Re: Weird network problem

2013-10-02 Thread Phil Dobbin
On 26/05/13 02:00, Phil Dobbin wrote: Hi, all. I've got several machines on a LAN behind a NAT with DHCP assigning always the same addresses from a dynamic IP. A couple of days ago the IP changed & since then, one of the machines running Fedora 17 always fails first time to connect to the netwo

Re: Weird network problem

2013-05-29 Thread Reindl Harald
Am 29.05.2013 22:14, schrieb Timothy Murphy: > Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > Timothy Murphy: > Sorry, I mis-read the query. > I was thinking of a DHCP server The same basic answer still stands: A DHCP server, by default, doles out dynamic IPs. >>> >>> I agree that dhc

Re: Weird network problem

2013-05-29 Thread Reindl Harald
Am 29.05.2013 19:34, schrieb Timothy Murphy: > Tim wrote: But are you talking about configuring a DHCP client or server? >> >> Timothy Murphy: >>> Sorry, I mis-read the query. >>> I was thinking of a DHCP server >> >> The same basic answer still stands: A DHCP server, by default, doles >> o

Re: Weird network problem

2013-05-29 Thread poma
On 30.05.2013 05:30, staticsafe wrote: > Er, why are we disabling IPv6? Er, for that very reason we are using 'dig'. ;) … > dig mirrors.fedoraproject.org poma -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/m

Re: Weird network problem

2013-05-29 Thread poma
On 30.05.2013 04:55, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: … > I used to use ddclient but actually I've found that the least effort > solution is just to let my router do it. Many home routers now support > DynDNS (and similar services) directly, so I just configure it once and > forget about it. Make sure to

Re: Weird network problem

2013-05-29 Thread staticsafe
On Thu, May 30, 2013 at 05:19:39AM +0200, poma wrote: > On 26.05.2013 17:35, Phil Dobbin wrote: > … > > 'Could not get metalink > > https://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/metalink?repo=updates-released-f17&arch=x86_64 > > error was > > 14: curl#6 - "Could not resolve host: mirrors.fedoraproject.org; Nam

Re: Weird network problem

2013-05-29 Thread poma
On 26.05.2013 17:35, Phil Dobbin wrote: … > 'Could not get metalink > https://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/metalink?repo=updates-released-f17&arch=x86_64 > error was > 14: curl#6 - "Could not resolve host: mirrors.fedoraproject.org; Name or > service not known"' curl -4 "https://mirrors.fedoraproject

Re: Weird network problem

2013-05-29 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Thu, 2013-05-30 at 09:45 +0930, Tim wrote: > If you felt like a lot of hard work, you could probably write > something > that was triggered by your DHCP client to talk to dyndns, if DHCP was > responsible for your address changes. Less work would be to use > NetworkManager's despatch scripts to

Re: Weird network problem

2013-05-29 Thread Tim
Allegedly, on or about 29 May 2013, Timothy Murphy sent: > You all seem to be finding it difficult to follow my meaning. > I'm saying that the term "dynamic IP" is normally used > to refer to an ISP giving the same client different IP addresses > at different times, in order to to limit the number

Re: Weird network problem

2013-05-29 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Wed, 2013-05-29 at 21:14 +0100, Timothy Murphy wrote: > Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > > >> > Timothy Murphy: > >> >> Sorry, I mis-read the query. > >> >> I was thinking of a DHCP server > >> > > >> > The same basic answer still stands: A DHCP server, by default, doles > >> > out dynamic IPs. >

Re: Weird network problem

2013-05-29 Thread Joe Zeff
On 05/29/2013 01:14 PM, Timothy Murphy wrote: You all seem to be finding it difficult to follow my meaning. I'm saying that the term "dynamic IP" is normally used to refer to an ISP giving the same client different IP addresses at different times, in order to to limit the number of address requir

Re: Weird network problem

2013-05-29 Thread Timothy Murphy
Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: >> > Timothy Murphy: >> >> Sorry, I mis-read the query. >> >> I was thinking of a DHCP server >> > >> > The same basic answer still stands: A DHCP server, by default, doles >> > out dynamic IPs. >> >> I agree that dhcp by default gives an IP address in a given range o

Re: Weird network problem

2013-05-29 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Wed, 2013-05-29 at 18:34 +0100, Timothy Murphy wrote: > Tim wrote: > > > Tim: > >>> But are you talking about configuring a DHCP client or server? > > > > Timothy Murphy: > >> Sorry, I mis-read the query. > >> I was thinking of a DHCP server > > > > The same basic answer still stands: A DHCP

Re: Weird network problem

2013-05-29 Thread Timothy Murphy
Tim wrote: > Tim: >>> But are you talking about configuring a DHCP client or server? > > Timothy Murphy: >> Sorry, I mis-read the query. >> I was thinking of a DHCP server > > The same basic answer still stands: A DHCP server, by default, doles > out dynamic IPs. I agree that dhcp by default g

Re: Weird network problem

2013-05-28 Thread Tim
Tim: >> But are you talking about configuring a DHCP client or server? Timothy Murphy: > Sorry, I mis-read the query. > I was thinking of a DHCP server The same basic answer still stands: A DHCP server, by default, doles out dynamic IPs. In other words, until an administrator customises the

Re: Weird network problem

2013-05-28 Thread Timothy Murphy
Tim wrote: > Allegedly, on or about 27 May 2013, Timothy Murphy sent: >> As a matter of interest, how do you configure DHCP >> to work with a dynamic IP? > But are you talking about configuring a DHCP client or server? Sorry, I mis-read the query. I was thinking of a DHCP server -- Timothy M

Re: Weird network problem

2013-05-27 Thread Phil Dobbin
On 05/27/2013 04:51 PM, Tim wrote: > Allegedly, on or about 27 May 2013, Timothy Murphy sent: >> As a matter of interest, how do you configure DHCP >> to work with a dynamic IP? > > Um, generally you don't... It does that by default. Your DHCP client > (your usual personal computer) asks a DHC

Re: Weird network problem

2013-05-27 Thread Tim
Allegedly, on or about 27 May 2013, Timothy Murphy sent: > As a matter of interest, how do you configure DHCP > to work with a dynamic IP? Um, generally you don't... It does that by default. Your DHCP client (your usual personal computer) asks a DHCP server for an address, and the DHCP server t

Re: Weird network problem

2013-05-27 Thread Timothy Murphy
Phil Dobbin wrote: > I've got several machines on a LAN behind a NAT with DHCP assigning > always the same addresses from a dynamic IP. As a matter of interest, how do you configure DHCP to work with a dynamic IP? I use ddclient with dyndns, but are you saying one doesn't need to do something l

Re: Weird network problem

2013-05-26 Thread Joe Zeff
On 05/26/2013 05:11 AM, Phil Dobbin wrote: The same address assigned is in the 192.168.1.xxx range & is, obviously, internal. The dynamic IP is external & this is the one that changes & I have no control over it (& I can't get a static IP unfortunately). Sorry, I'd been under the impression tha

Re: Weird network problem

2013-05-26 Thread Tim
On Sun, 2013-05-26 at 02:00 +0100, Phil Dobbin wrote: > I've got several machines on a LAN behind a NAT with DHCP assigning > always the same addresses from a dynamic IP. > > A couple of days ago the IP changed & since then, one of the machines > running Fedora 17 always fails first time to conne

Re: Weird network problem

2013-05-26 Thread Phil Dobbin
On 05/26/2013 02:54 PM, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: [...] > Dumb question - have you checked the network connection? See if > changing the cable or the port on the switch helps. It seams strange > that the external IP address changing would cause this, but for some > strange reason hardware probl

Re: Weird network problem

2013-05-26 Thread Phil Dobbin
On 05/26/2013 02:54 PM, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: > On 05/26/2013 07:18 AM, Phil Dobbin wrote: >> On 05/26/2013 11:54 AM, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: >>> On 05/25/2013 08:00 PM, Phil Dobbin wrote: Hi, all. I've got several machines on a LAN behind a NAT with DHCP assigning alwa

Re: Weird network problem

2013-05-26 Thread Mikkel L. Ellertson
On 05/26/2013 07:18 AM, Phil Dobbin wrote: > On 05/26/2013 11:54 AM, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: >> On 05/25/2013 08:00 PM, Phil Dobbin wrote: >>> Hi, all. >>> >>> I've got several machines on a LAN behind a NAT with DHCP assigning >>> always the same addresses from a dynamic IP. >>> >>> A couple of

Re: Weird network problem

2013-05-26 Thread Phil Dobbin
On 05/26/2013 11:54 AM, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: > On 05/25/2013 08:00 PM, Phil Dobbin wrote: >> Hi, all. >> >> I've got several machines on a LAN behind a NAT with DHCP assigning >> always the same addresses from a dynamic IP. >> >> A couple of days ago the IP changed & since then, one of the ma

Re: Weird network problem

2013-05-26 Thread Phil Dobbin
On 05/26/2013 02:21 AM, Joe Zeff wrote: > On 05/25/2013 06:00 PM, Phil Dobbin wrote: >> I've got several machines on a LAN behind a NAT with DHCP assigning >> always the same addresses from a dynamic IP. >> >> A couple of days ago the IP changed & since then, one of the machines >> running Fedora

Re: Weird network problem

2013-05-26 Thread Mikkel L. Ellertson
On 05/25/2013 08:00 PM, Phil Dobbin wrote: > Hi, all. > > I've got several machines on a LAN behind a NAT with DHCP assigning > always the same addresses from a dynamic IP. > > A couple of days ago the IP changed & since then, one of the machines > running Fedora 17 always fails first time to conne

Re: Weird network problem

2013-05-25 Thread Joe Zeff
On 05/25/2013 06:00 PM, Phil Dobbin wrote: I've got several machines on a LAN behind a NAT with DHCP assigning always the same addresses from a dynamic IP. A couple of days ago the IP changed & since then, one of the machines running Fedora 17 always fails first time to connect to the network: l

Weird network problem

2013-05-25 Thread Phil Dobbin
Hi, all. I've got several machines on a LAN behind a NAT with DHCP assigning always the same addresses from a dynamic IP. A couple of days ago the IP changed & since then, one of the machines running Fedora 17 always fails first time to connect to the network: launch Thunderbird, no start screen,