No dhcp here. I have a static IP address. On Tue, 11 Nov 2003, Kelerion wrote: > I'm in no way an expert with linux.. but from your description the other > machines are running through your machine.. which is then running > through the firewall.. correct? > > are you running a dhcpd on your machine that other machines need? > > if so are you running that deamon? > > like I said.. am no expert.. just fallen for this mistake myself :) > > Kel > > > Edward Dekkers wrote: > > > Mark Neidorff wrote: > > > >> Hi All, > >> > >> I'm stumped and looking for something more or less obvious. > >> > >> My system is RH7.3 with 2.4.20-13.7 kernel and everyting else reasonably > >> patched up. My system is connected through a firewall to the net > >> (DSL) and several other windows computers get the net through my > >> machine via the > >> local lan. (I have a static IP address) > >> > >> Day before yesterday, I rebooted my linux machine. It came up fine, but > >> the other computers can't access the net (I can. Proof is that I'm > >> sending > >> this e-mail). I checked ifconfig and saw that both of the network cards > >> are present. (1 is a 3c59x and the other is a linksys card that I get > >> working with a tupip driver.) Strange thing is that 'lsmod' does not > >> show > >> the tulip driver loaded. So I 'insmod' pci-scan.o and tulip.o . They > >> both > >> load, but still no luck with the local net. I tried bringing the > >> linksys > >> card down (ifdown eth0) and then back up again (ifup eth0) with the > >> modules loaded, but it made no difference. I then booted into > >> windows and the local lan works through the linksys card. > >> > >> What obvious thing am I missing here? > >> > >> Thanks, > >> > >> Mark > > > > > > Check your routing table and possible firewall problems. > > > > Easiest test is to ping this machine with the address of the LinkSys > > card from another PC on the LAN and check whether the card responds. > > > > Always take things back to the lowest level first. You say the other > > PC on the LAN can't get onto the net, but you don't mention whether > > they can even see the troublesome PC in question. > > > > Regards, > > Ed. > > > > > > > > > -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
