IFCONFIG and other network commands :(

blyzard · 07-29-2003, 09:09 AM

HI!
I installed RH8.0 on my Compaq presario.
Logged in as ROOT and then,

I tried to do bash:ifconfig
Gives an error bash: ifconfig: Command not found

But! I see it in /sbin/ifconfig and when I type /sbin/ifconfig it works fine.

Then, I created an Alias in the .bashrc file. so that I don't have to type /sbin/ifconfig. But it did not help me.

Still if i do " ifconfig" on terminal window it gives me the same error.

Appreciate any help.
thx

fancypiper · 07-29-2003, 09:16 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by blyzard
Logged in as ROOT

Please give the complete details of the proceedure you used to log in as root. If you su, you only get partial root powers.......

blyzard · 07-29-2003, 09:36 AM

Yes, I changed the .bashrc file by when i logged in as SU and then it did not work.

But! after your post, I did login as root and then tried the command IFCONFIG and it works as expected. TY..

-----------------------Still i cannot hook up to internet . But I see that this machine is having an IP address.

Actually! i am trying to add this RH8.0 box to my company domain. so! that I can use it as a client machine as other ppl are doing with their win 98 or 2K machines. ( Just trying to introduce the flavor of linux in this WIN dominated organization )

I guess my next step should be to add GATEWAY info in this box but can't figure out a way ..........

appreciate your help.

fancypiper · 07-29-2003, 09:50 AM

Perhaps the Red Hat Linux 8.0: The Official Red Hat Linux Customization Guide Network-Related Configuration would help.

Looking_Lost · 07-29-2003, 09:59 AM

if your using a GUI like gnome or KDE they'll be a menu item to do it or
type in

neat

Otherwise
netconfig
will give you the essential items to bump in such as gateway

Location of important files can manually edited

/etc/sysconfig/network
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0
/etc/resolv.conf

stickman · 07-29-2003, 09:59 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by blyzard
Yes, I changed the .bashrc file by when i logged in as SU and then it did not work.

Did you "su" or "su -"?

blyzard · 07-29-2003, 10:16 AM

Yep!
I initially followed that link and yes Looking_lost, I am able to see the GUI for network configuration,
It shows my eth0 as ACTIVe but when i hit APPLY after adding Default Gateway address and Domain name, it give me a error which is as follows

"An unhandled exception has occured. This is most likely a bug. Please save the crash dump and file a detailed bug report."

fancypiper · 07-29-2003, 10:31 AM

Is your system up to date?

Easier software management: apt4rpm - Red Carpet

blyzard · 07-29-2003, 10:37 AM

I don't know how to answer your Question

But! this is a PentiumIII box which had WIN 2K installed initially and then I downloaded and burned RH8.0 iso images and installed on this box yesterday.
Since, I cannot get my network configured, I am unable to browse internet to find any updates for it .

Looks to me that i should download RH9.0 and then redo everything ..........................................?

mylo2003 · 07-29-2003, 10:44 AM

i always have to be in sbin and then type ./ifconfig

Looking_Lost · 07-29-2003, 10:45 AM

Guess you're in a catch 21 situation then - sounds more like a desktop error than a network that'll probably be resolved if you can get online to update.

Anyway assuming your card is working........You can use these as a guideline to get you going and online if you want

filename:
/etc/sysconfig/network

Contents:

NETWORKING=yes
HOSTNAME=advent
GATEWAY=192.168.1.1

/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0

DEVICE=eth0
BOOTPROTO=none
BROADCAST=192.168.1.255
IPADDR=192.168.1.10
NETMASK=255.255.255.0
NETWORK=192.168.1.0
ONBOOT=yes
USERCTL=no
PEERDNS=no
TYPE=Ethernet

Use them as a guideline to edit not completely replace obviously

then

/etc/init.d/network restart

fancypiper · 07-29-2003, 11:03 AM

You could possibly download your network update stuff here, but I don't know what pacakges you need, perhaps a google would help with that.

ftp://updates.redhat.com//8.0/en/os/

If you decide on a different release version, you can get them here and Discount Linux CDs has an update CD for 9.

Discount Linux CDs
Linux Central
Cheapbytes
TuxCDs
ComputerHelperGuy

I'm sticking with 7.3 as I have found the releases above that rather flakey. I will try 9 when they release 10 and see if it's stable yet.

blyzard · 07-29-2003, 11:34 AM

HI! CURRENTLY this is what i have:

for etc/sysconfig/network

Contents:

NETWORKING=yes
HOSTNAME=bly.yoyo
NISDOMAIN=yoyo

where bly=localhost and yoyo=localdomain

[ looks to me that problem is somewhere with the same NIS domain and localdomain ...............just guessing]
-----------------------------------------

for /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0

DEVICE=eth0
BOOTPROTO=static
IPADDR=10.212.201.15
NETMASK=255.255.255.0
ONBOOT=yes
GATEWAY=10.212.203.2
----------------------------------------------------------------

..............................................thx

Looking_Lost · 07-29-2003, 11:44 AM

Using that subnet mask your gateway is on a different network and unreachable or is it just a typing error?

IP 10.212.201.15
NETMASK 255.255.255.0
GATEWAY 10.212.203.2

and my gateway is defined in /etc/sysconfig/network along with hostname and networking. Not sure if that would matter too much as you never really think too much of these things until you have too.

NISDOMAIN isn't that for network information services, ie. not windows type domain name shouldn't matter though for these purposes

blyzard · 07-29-2003, 01:05 PM

Good news ..............................

When I ping cnn.com it shows me the IP address of CNN.com it means it is doing something which it did not do earlier

BAD NEWS.....
it does not get any reply back from their................ i.e 100% loss

All of this happened when

I did some of the changes according to your GUIDELINE.

thx ........