[GLLUG] ifconfig

Melson, Paul PMelson@sequoianet.com
Wed, 23 Apr 2003 10:16:31 -0400


It looks like a problem with DHCP and/or the connection to the DSL
router.  Knowing it's wifi, I would guess that the 5 TX packets are
beacons for the AP and, as you can see, it gets no response.

Some things to try:

Run `redhat-config-network` and edit the hardware settings on your
wireless card.  Make sure that the channel and SSID settings are correct
(compare to the working Wintel box), also check any WEP keys that are
being used.  You should get a link light on the wireless card if all of
this information is correct.

Also in `redhat-config-network` make sure that eth0 is set to
automatically request an IP address via DHCP.

If you're still having problems, run `/etc/init.d/network restart` and
then check /var/log/messages for any errors.  Feel free to post them to
the mailing list.

Hope that helps!

PaulM


-----Original Message-----
From: Michael J McCarty [mailto:mjmccarty@lycos.com]
Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2003 11:10 PM
To: linux-user@egr.msu.edu
Subject: Re: [GLLUG] ifconfig


Help please.  As suggested at the last meeting, I ran ifconfig to look
at the settings for the DSL wireless network that 'allows Linux but does
not support it'.

Well, here's what I got. The address and mask values are not within the
range that I expect to see based on looking at the network info using
the PC that is connected. Where do I go from here?

I'm running RH 8, but will install RH 9 soon (time permitting).

Thanks,
Mike McCarty

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[Mike@localhost Mike]$ /sbin/ifconfig
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:02:2D:68:78:19
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:5 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:100
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:1750 (1.7 Kb)
          Interrupt:10 Base address:0x100

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
          RX packets:72 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:72 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
          RX bytes:4694 (4.5 Kb)  TX bytes:4694 (4.5 Kb)

[Mike@localhost Mike]$



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