(the following holds for both)
ifconfig looks like this:
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING Mtu:16436 Metric: 1
etc etc etc
when I check ifconfig eth0, however, it doesn't say UP BROADCAST RUNNING,
it just says BROADCAST.
I can ping the localhost (ping 127.0.0.1), just fine.
I cannot ping my own IP address, though.
The error is connect: Network unreachable
I've edited the files in vi.
I will check out the HOWTO that was recommended.
I appreciate the feedback, all!
Jeff
----- Original Message -----
From: "Nathan Davis" <davisn at mailandnews.com>
To: <tclug-list at mn-linux.org>
Sent: Tuesday, August 27, 2002 11:53 PM
Subject: Re: [TCLUG] Network set up trouble
> "Hemminger, Jeffrey D." wrote:
>
> > Hi All,
> > I'm a brand new user, and I'm charged with setting up 2 servers both
running
> > RH7.2 on a very small private network (a development environment). I've
> > installed an email service on each, but I'm having trouble getting as
much
> > as a ping between the two boxes.
> > I've modified /etc/hosts, /etc/host.conf, and /etc/sysconfig/network.
I'm
> > using a generic, supported NIC, everything was working fine before I
took it
> > off the University's network, eth0 seems ok, and I've checked the cables
and
> > hub.
> > I'm looking for 1) Am I missing something obvious or did I modify a conf
> > file I wasn't supposed to? and/or 2) some simple troubleshooting ideas?
> > I've scoured the internet and several books (my manual is RH7.2
Unleashed,
> > which I don't recommend to anyone FWIW), and I seem to be getting caught
> > between either a HOWTO that's more complicated than I'm looking for (I
don't
> > need DNS, for example), or a dumbed down version that has me edit conf
files
> > that I don't need from a different distribution (RH7.2 does not require
> > /etc/HOSTNAME, for example).
> >
> > Thanks in advance for any help you can offer,
> >
> > Jeff
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> What does '/sbin/ifconfig' say for each box?
>
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