Hostname Issue & Unable to Grab IP Add

nistelrooy · 11-20-2004, 01:05 AM

Hi all

Heres my config:
-RedHat 9.0
-Intel 10/100 EtherFast LAN Card
-3Com LAN Card

Two questions:
#1. How do i make my linux box's hostname visible? So i can ping it using <computername> from a microsoft terminal.

#2. My 3Com LAN Card is working, able to grap IP address from the DHCP server (/sbin/dhclient). However the Intel Card does not grab the dhcppack, even static ips does not work.

Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

david_ross · 11-20-2004, 12:53 PM

1) you will need to use samba
2) If you can't get it going with a static IP then you either have the wrong/or a broken module loaded or the card doesn't work.

nistelrooy · 11-22-2004, 01:59 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by david_ross
2) If you can't get it going with a static IP then you either have the wrong/or a broken module loaded or the card doesn't work. [/B]

Thanks for your reply.
The card is functioning in other CPUs running windows.
How do i reinstall the module?

david_ross · 11-23-2004, 12:59 PM

You would need to upgrade the kernel if you want a new version of the module.

You can find the chipset used by the card by running:
lspci

Then you just need to modprobe the driver for that card. You can get a list of loaded modules by running:
lsmod