fedora will not access dhcp server to get IP
Chris Kloiber
ckloiber at redhat.com
Tue Nov 25 05:23:37 UTC 2003
On Tue, 2003-11-25 at 00:26, Ken Chamberlain wrote:
> In a adsl network setup, there IS no eth0 interface. My RHL 8 clean
> install incorrectly assumed the detected ethernet device was part of a
> local area network. Perhaps this has happened to you. Disable this
> interface (eth0) if it isn't already. Then set-up a ppp0 interface via
> Internet Connection Wizard. Device type should be xDSL. Ethernet
> device=ent0, ISP provider=ppp0 (if you want it to auto start
> networking). Provide userid and password. A tip:some userid's should
> be specified as userid at domain.
DSL is a technology I don't use. I have a cable modem which provides an
ethernet connection. My instructions should still work as far as they
go, In /etc/sysconfig/fwiptables.conf, replace LAN_IFACE="eth0" and
INET_IFACE="ppp0"
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Chris Kloiber
Red Hat, Inc.
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