Re: Setup for a static ethernet connection

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On 10/04/2014 11:53:30 PM, Ahmad Samir wrote:
> On 05/10/14 03:52, Geoffrey Leach wrote:
> > On 10/04/2014 05:13:32 PM, Sam Varshavchik wrote:
> >> Geoffrey Leach writes:
> >>
> >>> I have a hard-wired ethernet connection. I'm trying to get Fedora
> 19
> >> to work
> >>> with it. Firewalld configuration has scripts added to open a route
> >> to the
> >>> device. AFAIK, these are correct. The device is known to work.
> >>>
> >>> Here's the entry in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts
> >>>
> >>> NAME="eno1"
> >>> DEFROUTE="yes"
> >>> IPV4_FAILURE_FATAL="no"
> >>> IPV6_FAILURE_FATAL="no"
> >>> TYPE="Ethernet"
> >>> ONBOOT="yes"
> >>> PEERROUTES="yes"
> >>> IPV6INIT="yes"
> >>> IPV6_PEERDNS="yes"
> >>> PEERDNS="yes"
> >>> HWADDR="E8:40:F2:05:DE:1C"
> >>> #BOOTPROTO="dhcp"
> >>> BOOTPROTO="static"
> >>> IPV6_DEFROUTE="yes"
> >>> IPV6_AUTOCONF="yes"
> >>> IPV6_PEERROUTES="yes"
> >>>
> >>> IPADDR="198.168.20.5"
> >>>
> >>> It's basically what the install gave me with the addition of
> IPADDR
> >> and
> >>> removal of UUID (which seems to change) BOOTPROTO has changed from
> >> dhcp to
> >>> static.
> >>>
> >>> My problem is that I can't connect to the device, despite nm-tool
> >>
> >> Define "connect to the device".
> >>
> >> Comparing that to my own ifcfg, you are missing the PREFIX and
> NETMASK
> >>
> >> settings:
> >>
> >> YPE=Ethernet
> >> BOOTPROTO=none
> >> IPADDR=192.168.0.1
> >> PREFIX=24
> >> DEFROUTE=yes
> >> IPV4_FAILURE_FATAL=yes
> >> IPV6INIT=no
> >> NAME="Auto lan0"
> >> UUID=fc87afd5-ca26-4881-b7f1-7bdcbea29f1f
> >> ONBOOT=yes
> >> HWADDR=BC:AE:C5:49:B9:3D
> >> NETMASK=255.255.255.0
> >> DEVICE=lan0
> >> USERCTL=no
> >>
> >> My static configuration for my WAN port also includes the GATEWAY
> >> setting,
> >> giving the IP address of my ISP's router, on the other side of the
> >> bridged
> >> connection.
> >
> > Define "connect to the device". Conventional Ethernet cable.  About
> 5 feet.
> >
> > NETMASK I can do.  What's the function of PERFIX? I notice
> refenences to
>  > $PREFIX in scripts in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts, but no
> definition
>  > (as you observed) I did not define GATEWAY because there isn't one.
> The
>  > system in question is a recorder for OTA HDTV.
> >
> 
> Have a look at /usr/share/doc/initscripts/sysconfig.txt from the 
> initscripts package:
> --------------------------------
>       PREFIXn=
>        Network prefix.  It is used for all configurations except
> aliases
>        and ippp devices.  It takes precedence over NETMASK when both
>        PREFIX and NETMASK are set.
> --------------------------------
> 
> )I've found that /usr/share/doc/initscripts/sysconfig.txt is a very 
> useful resource when one is trying to understand/edit ifcfg-* files).

Everything in one place.  Wow!  Thanks.
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