Set up Red Hat Linux Fedora Core 4 fine, initially but. . .
Good Day all my Linux Guru friends
I am relatively new to Linux. I have installed Redhat Linux Fedora Core 4, as a server, linked on a network, with Windows machines as clients. Now that was not really because I wanted to, but because I had to, due to the fact that I need to do it as one final subject for my University studies. Not that that fact is not allowing me to like the O.S. However, now for the problem. I have set up the O.S., working wonderfully, earlier. I had no problem watsoever. Then I didn't use the server for a while and whalla!!! no ping to my ADSL router, only pinging the Network Card, i.e. 127.0.0.1. I have changed network cables, in case the cable might have been the problem, but the problem still persists. The only change that I can think of is, the fact that I have enabled port forwarding on the ADSL Router. How can I go about getting at least my server communicating with my ADSL Router again. without having to reset my ADSL Router to factory settings again? Previously I have changed from a static IP address, to automatically obtaining an IP address through DHCP and everything worked fine. Now neither works. Any suggestions please? Greetings, Yours faithfully |
depending on the desktop you are using there are different tools available to set the default gateway=ip of your router. Probably this is using a different netmask...but you may know the ip of the router...
You can edit /etc/resolv.conf manually to enter a line like nameserver 192.168.2.111 (at best with the right address;-]) hope this helps, good luck, j. |
Did you try pinging to/from other machines on your internal network?
Is eth0 properly listed when you run ifconfig from shell? If its on DHCP, try running: dhclient -r Or: service network restart Or ifconfig eth0 down ifconfig eth0 up Hope this helps. |
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Thanks, I'll try that. The desktop I'm running is KDE. When I run ifconfig, it only lists the loopback address, for eth0. Oh yes, I have also exchanged Monitors in the mean time. The fact that I have turned IP forwarding "on" on the router should those two changes make a difference? Regards, Henry777 |
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No, I can't ping the server from the other machines. They respectively can ping the router, yes. Regards Henry777 |
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