what i should to do with "Ddtermining IP information for eth0...failed
 

i have fixed the problem "Bringing up interface eth0:failed",but i got the other one "Determining IP information for eth0...failed".

i used commands "ifconfig" "route" to configure my IP address,gatway and netmask;but these information i made had not been saved when restart the computer.What wrong with me and how to ?

Please help and thank.

steve

which distro are you using and are you trying to use dhcp or static ip?

i am using RedHat Linux 9. I don't know which one that fit to me,maybe static ip better for a newbie?

steve han

If you have DSL or Cable you'll need to set up DHCP.

Possbily. There's also DSL providers that issue static IP addresses.

Since you are using RedHat 9, you can use the Network Configuration GUI.
Take a look at this HowTO.
http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/l...rk-config.html

Or if you decide to do it manually and you require DHCP (best choice and most likely DHCP is what you need)
you will need to edit /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 by adding the following:
Now you need to restart the network connection

Thank you Mathieu,Demonbane
Till now i have done the following work:

code:
#ifconfig eth0 up
#ifconfig eth0 10.1.9.2
#ifconfig eth0 netmask 255.255.255.0
#route add default gw 10.1.9.1(my Intranet server)

#ifconfig lo 127.0.0.1
#route add 127.0.01 lo

(i had "DEVICE=eth0 BOOTPROTO=dhcp ONBOOT=yes" in /etc....../ifcfg-eth0)
and i typed
#service network restart

It said that:
Shutting down inferface eth0 OK
Shutting down loopback interface OK
Setting network parameters OK
Bringing up loopback interface OK
Bringing up interface eth0:
Determining IP information for eth0... failed

Ok. Does your Intranet server have DHCP ?

If not, then you will need to setup a static IP.
Edit /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 and add the following:
If you want to specific a default gateway, you can edit /etc/sysconfig/network by adding the following:

Thank you very much Mathieu,and i fixed the problem on bringring up interface eth0 by following your tips,that is OK.

But i wander (1)where i can myself find the relevant documents about what that you tald me above(i got some supports like as RedHat's documenttation online,book"RedHat Linux 7.2 Unleashed"by Bill Ball,etc),maybe i need to walk carefully through the stuff about DHCP and static IP?;(2)Now can i navigate Internet using command line and how to?

IP determinig problem
 

hello


well ur problem is simple ...u just want to get a statis IP every tiime you bool....right?


heres the command

[root @ localhost root] ifconfig eth0:0 172.16.13.101 netmask 255.255.0.0 up



after doind that make sure that uve get the newly assigned IP

[root @localhost root] service network restart

[root @ localhost root] ipconfig

i hope it would work

regards,

Please Mathieu,
i have checked up the file /etc/resolv.conf,it said that "search localdomain". Might it means that i neet to edit the file with"nameserver xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx(my ISP's DNS)"?

And which commands i should use to surf Internet and to download data as ftp file etc from there.

Yes, add your ISP's DNS to the /etc/resolv.conf file.
Red Hat Linux Manuals
http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/

The info you want can be found in the Red Hat Linux 9 Reference Guide (Network Interfaces)
http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/l...ual/ref-guide/

Yes, you can use lynx. It is a text web browser.
Simply install the RPM.
If you are running X with a desktop environment like KDE or Gnome, you can use Mozilla, Konqueror, etc.

As for FTP, you should have ftp installed, type: ftp
But if you want a more robust ftp client, try ncftp
There are many FTP clients avaiable.

Thank you Mathieu,
Thank you Penguin,
I will try it and learn more.