Obtaining and IP address dynamicly

getatmefosho · 11-21-2002, 08:42 AM

I have been trying for a couple of days now to configure a legacy 3com NIC. I need help. I am working with red hat 7.3. I used the netconfig command and selected DHCP, but when I do a ifconfig -a I get the loop-back address and a message stating routing has not been set up. Do I need to add a default gateway and if so where do I do it. I have turned off Ipchain.Is their a dhcp file or service I have to modify. Please help

siddiqu · 11-21-2002, 10:40 PM

Hi..

Just run dhcpcd command and check u are getting IP address are not ?. Also check the logs.

Siddiqu.T

neo77777 · 11-22-2002, 08:13 PM

There is a simple set of commands to get you started
/sbin/ifconfig eth0 up
will bring the network interface eth0 up, if it isn't first NIC use eth1 and so on
You can add default gateway with

Code:

route add xxx.xxx.xxx.x eth0 &&  route add default gw xxx.xxx.xxx.x

where xxx.xxx.xxx.x is gateway
And verify the routing table with
netstat -rn

getatmefosho · 12-10-2002, 07:48 AM

Thank you all who responded. I was finally able to obtain an IP address but I had to do it manually. I will try the up command soon on another box of mine. For those who are interested on how this is done here you go.
1. Remove the affected interface from /etc/hosts.
2. Remove the affected /etc/hostname.[interface] file.
3. Create an empty file called /etc/hostname.[interface] file
/etc/hostname.[interface] file
4. create an empty file called /etc/dhcp.[interface].
/etc/dhcp.[interface]
Where [interface] is the interface that will be the setup for DHCP requests.
5. ifconfig the affected interface down:
# ifconfig [interface] down
6. Reboot the machine.
Upon rebooting, the directory /etc/dhcp will be created that will have a number of files which, together define the DHCP configuration for this machine. DO NOT TOUCH THESE FILES. Note that there will be a change made to the /etc/hosts file. This entry was added by DHCP and should not be removed.