johnisrip Posted January 26, 2004 Report Share Posted January 26, 2004 :unsure: What is the name of the file you edit for the network settings? I am wondering if I can fix my network problem from the previous post by editing it. BTW, I reloaded 9.2 but I can't get connected at all no matter what I do in the drakconnect panel. Thanks for the help! John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jleaman Posted January 26, 2004 Report Share Posted January 26, 2004 hey john.. are you behind a fiewall..? do you have your dns setting or gateway ip's set properly ?? Can you tell me or us a few things about how this is all connected..? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnisrip Posted January 26, 2004 Author Report Share Posted January 26, 2004 Not behind a firewall, other Win98 clients work ok. Don't have one installed on the Linux box. I have a Windows NT4 server, with a router and cable modem. I set the gateway to the IP of the server. But DHCP doesn't work even though I use a known good login for a user account on the server. It worked before using a static IP, but won't now. Hope this helps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jleaman Posted January 26, 2004 Report Share Posted January 26, 2004 i would make sure your router is working : O) and that you put your dns settings in on the linux box and also the right subnet mask and gateway.. Can you ping the router? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BooYah Posted January 26, 2004 Report Share Posted January 26, 2004 I think there's something wrong with either drakconnect or dhcp in 9.2. If you want to do it manually and give yourself a static IP, there's a few files you'll have to edit. /etc/sysconfig/network /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 (if your using ethernet) /etc/hosts also check /etc/netprofile/profiles/default/files/etc/sysconfig/network /etc/netprofile/profiles/default/files/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 and make sure they match the ones in the /etc/sysconfig tree. Mine didn't and I think that's what my problem was. I have no clue how a windows server works, but I imagine you'll have to configure that also, so it knows how to find your box. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnisrip Posted January 26, 2004 Author Report Share Posted January 26, 2004 I will check the files for the information and see if I can make sense out of them. The Windows server works fine as long as you have a user account on the server. So that part of Linux is not a problem. I think the problem with Linux is the config files. I know I have to set up the settings in Windows so my clients will talk. I assume that I will have to do the same in Linux. John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnisrip Posted January 27, 2004 Author Report Share Posted January 27, 2004 I went throught a manual installation of the wizard and configured the network manually. When I did, I set up a static IP and everything works even after a reboot to verify it. This seemed to fix it without looking at any of the config files yet. Would be nice to get DHCP working.......... John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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