Re: Determining IP information for eth0 ... operation failed

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From: John Blaze
Date: Thu, 08 Mar 2001 01:15

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Cable modem reset worked.  DAH

Thanks\

"Bit Twister" <BitTwister@localhost.localdomain> wrote in message
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>
> Hate to say it, but, did you reset the cable modem?
> add
> DHCP_HOSTNAME="CXXXXXX-X"  to   /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0
> CXXXXXX-X is your rogers node name.
> change BOOTPROTO="dhcp"
>
> /etc/rc.d/init.d/network restart
> tail /var/log/messages for error messages
>
> Our dhcp server was out for 6 days, I switched mine to static until
> the server started running.
>
> On Thu, 08 Mar 2001 00:09:09 GMT, John Blaze <tical2000@home.com> wrote:
> >I am running RedHat 7 and my networking has been working fine since I
> >installed it.  I had ftp server, telnet, httpd, etc. running without a
> >problem.  My ISP is rogers@home and they had been renewing my IP very
> >frequently, so I would have to run pump to get a new IP.  The other day I
> >came to do some work on my system and I realized that I had no IP yet
again.
> >I ran pump, but it failed.  I rebooted my PC and I received this error
> >message "Determining IP information for eth0 ... operation failed" when
the
> >eth0 interface is brought up.  I re-compiled my kernel and added in
support
> >for dhcp, but I still got the same message.  I also checked
/etc/resolv.conf
> >file and it looked correct (no "search localhost" line and dns servers
are
> >listed).  I am using a 3Com EtherLink III 3c509tp NIC.  I am using kernel
> >module 3c509.
> >
>
>
> --
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> If the above breaks your system, it's yours and you keep both pieces.
> Practice safe computing. Backup the file before you change it.
> Do a,  man command_here or cat command_here, before using it.

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