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04-07-2006, 10:01 AM
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ifconfig
i am trying to have a connection betn two systems.
but on linux ifconfig is not showing no IP address
only loop back and mac address.
how to get the IP address here
and some help tosetup lan
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04-07-2006, 10:07 AM
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LQ Guru
Registered: Jul 2003
Location: Los Angeles
Distribution: Ubuntu
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could you post the output of ifconfig???
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04-07-2006, 10:24 AM
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Registered: Feb 2006
Location: Canada
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a goofd way of seeing it network is loding is /etc/init.d/network restart
and see what is says, might give ytou a hint.
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04-07-2006, 10:29 AM
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Location: Copenhagen, Denmark
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If you type ifconfig eth0 and get some thing like :
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:12:3F:E4:58:05
BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
Interrupt:19
it means, that the inteface is down (you may want to use ifup), Probably the best way for you to setup LAN is to use system-config-network, where you can set IP, subnetmask and DNS
Last edited by jpk; 04-07-2006 at 10:31 AM.
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04-07-2006, 10:37 AM
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Originally Posted by jpk
If you type ifconfig eth0 and get some thing like :
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:12:3F:E4:58:05
BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
Interrupt:19
it means, that the inteface is down (you may want to use ifup), Probably the best way for you to setup LAN is to use system-config-network, where you can set IP, subnetmask and DNS
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i don't think the interface shows-up with ifconfig if it's down...
in your example, the interface is up, but doesn't have an IP assigned...
in such a case, you'd just need to do something like:
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ifconfig eth0 inet 192.168.1.1 netmask 255.255.255.0
when you set your configuration (using whatever method) you are basically just telling the system to do this at startup... |
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04-07-2006, 10:45 AM
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Registered: Aug 2003
Location: UK
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Originally Posted by jpk
Probably the best way for you to setup LAN is to use system-config-network, where you can set IP, subnetmask and DNS
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As far as I know, system-config-network is a Red Hat only tool. |
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04-07-2006, 10:50 AM
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Registered: Apr 2006
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yep, I use FC, but you can find a coresponding tool in any (almost) distro  Anyway, I think the question is answered? |
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