On 05/26/2013 02:21 AM, Joe Zeff wrote: > On 05/25/2013 06:00 PM, Phil Dobbin wrote: >> I've got several machines on a LAN behind a NAT with DHCP assigning >> always the same addresses from a dynamic IP. >> >> A couple of days ago the IP changed & since then, one of the machines >> running Fedora 17 always fails first time to connect to the network: >> launch Thunderbird, no start screen, first attempt to check mail, it >> tells me that there's no network connection, second attempt it connects. > > As long as it always gets the same IP address, why don't you just set it > manually? The same address assigned is in the 192.168.1.xxx range & is, obviously, internal. The dynamic IP is external & this is the one that changes & I have no control over it (& I can't get a static IP unfortunately). Cheers, Phil... -- currently (ab)using CentOS 5.9 & 6.4, Debian Squeeze & Wheezy, Fedora Beefy, Spherical & That Damn Cat, Lubuntu 12.10, OS X Snow Leopard & Ubuntu Precise, Quantal & Raring GnuPG Key : http://www.horse-latitudes.co.uk/publickey.asc -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
