Hello,

I have a little problem. Every time i turn on my computer i have to open Konsole and type dhcpcd eth1 to connect to the Internet. After I do this everything works like a charm.

I wonder if i can automate this with a script on startup? In that case how do you do it? Or is there an other easy solution?

Larsza..

Yes, this can be automated with a script.

But maybe there is a reason it is not starting normally. In YaST, have you configured eth1 to gets its IP address from a dhcp server?

Yes, I've set everything up right. Everything works like it should. I use Suse 9.3 on a portable, with a wireless network. I can connect to the router without making the dhcpcd eth1 command, but I can't access the Internet.

How can I make this script?

Probably the easiest way is for you to add that command to your ~/.profile file. Log off and log back in and it will run automatically.

You might try printing out the output of ifconfig eth1 before and after running dhcpcd eth1. Compare the two printouts.

Are you sure that you have dhcp selected for the 'eth1' interface. It should be getting the IP address and have the other information like gateway address and dns addresses set by the dhcp server when you startup. What is on eth0? Do you have each interface on separate subnets? My main point however is that unless you want set up the network settings on an interface manually, you need to select DHCP for each interface, not just one of them.

It may be better to find out what is not working correctly, rather than wedging in a script, which shouldn't be necessary.

What type of user can execute 'dhcpcd'? Is it only root can do that? Thanks.

Only root can do the dhcpcd command..

Yes, I've set up all the network connections correctly. I don't understand why it doesn't work. One theory is that it's blocked by the firewall.. I've tried to figure out this firewall, but I don't understand much about it. Anyway, when I run the dhcpcd command the output says something about setting up firewall rules.. So I think perhaps it comes from that. Could I be right?

To Anomie: if I add a linue in the ~/.profile file how can I do this when my profile doesn't have access to these commands? I meen I have to be root to execute these commands, so if I insert it in the ~/.profile file it won't work..

I'm wrong?