Re: absurdly simple LAN problem

From: Alvin Oga (aoga_at_mail.Linux-Consulting.com)
Date: 09/15/05

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    Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2005 11:19:51 -0700 (PDT)
To: Anthony Campbell <ac@acampbell.org.uk>

    hi ya anthony

    On Thu, 15 Sep 2005, Anthony Campbell wrote:

    > desktop:
    >
    > /etc/hosts:
    >
    > 127.0.0.1 localhost loopback
    > 192.168.0.20 arcadia.acampbell.org.uk arcadia arcadia.acupuncturecourse.org.uk accampbell.uklinux.net
    > 192.168.0.22 thinkpad ibm

    for testing, change all that .. delete the garbage what was deleted in
    this email example

      127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost
      192.168.0.20 arcadia.acampbell.org.uk arcadia
      192.168.0.22 thinkpad.acampbell.org.uk ibmthinkpad

    > /etc/resolv.conf
    >
    > search
      search acampbell.org.uk

    > nameserver 80.84.64.20
    > nameserver 80.84.72.20

     
    > laptop:
    >
    > /etc/resolv.conf
    >
    > search acampbell.org.uk
    > nameserver 80.84.64.20
    > nameserver 80.84.72.20

    good on the laptop you did have the correct "search" but your desktop did
    not

    > /etc/hosts
    >
    > 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost
    > 192.168.0.22 ibm.acampbell.org.uk ibm thinkpad
    > 192.168.0.20 arcadia

      192.168.0.20 arcadia.acampbell.org.uk arcadia

    > > > ac:/usr/share/doc/shorewall:$ ifconfig -a
    > > > eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:06:1B:DE:4B:CF
    > >
    > > bad .. this does NOT have an ip# assigned to it ...
    > > ===================================================

    ifconfig eth0 192.168.0.20
     
    > > > wifi0 Link encap:UNSPEC HWaddr 00-40-96-44-B5-A6-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00
    > > > BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:2312 Metric:1
    > >
    > > bad ... this does NOT have an ip# assigned to it
    > > /////////////////////////////////////////////////

    iwconfig wifi0 192.168.0.22
      
    > How can I correct these?

    see above

    - if it works when yu manually set it.. you can either do
      those commands in your own script or find the misconfigured files
      and fix it

    c ya
    alvin 

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