Re: Need to you IFUP each time I restart!!!!!

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Date: Sat, 20 Sep 2003 11:23:32 GMT

Jeroen Geilman wrote:
> Gary - OMG! It doesn't work! wrote:
>
>
>>My Linux guest network configuration is set using DHCP since I run my
>>own DHCP server on my PDC. When my Linux guest first boots and loads
>>up it is able to automatically configured by the DHCP server, however,
>>when I try to ping my Linux guest it doesn't reply back. It also has
>>no connection to the public internet. All the IP settings are correct
>>when I check it with IFCONFIG.
>>
>>So, I'm scratching my head here wondering WTF is going on. So I just
>>IFDOWN and IFUP and there we go! It works. I can ping it, and it can
>>access the internet. I check the IP settings and they are the same as
>>it was before I did the IFDOWN and IFUP.
>>
>>Can anyone save me from the hassle of doing this each time I restart?
>
>
> Post the *exact* output of the "ifconfig" command both before it works and
> afterwards, when it does work - yes, you're a Windows user, but I MEAN it
> when I say *exact*.
>
> Even better would be if you learned to read the output of ifconfig, but
> we'll start here...
>

In addition, post the output of '/sbin/route -n'. It may be that the
interface is going up correctly, but the routes aren't being configured
properly.

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