When you do the init level switch you rerun the network initialization script (/etc/rc.d/init.d/network). This does a whole bunch of things including resetting routes, etc... Try running /etc/rc.d/init.d/network with a restart argument - i.e. /etc/rc.d/init.d/network restart after you've made your changes. Jay Kline wrote: > > Ok, here is an example of how this is working- > > I turn on my computer on a network that has no DHCP server > The DHCP request fails on boot, so eth0 is not set up. I manually set eth0 > with the correct ip, netmask, and broadcast. I set up routing correctly. > Then, I try and ping the gateway. Nothing. I try and ping the other > computers on the network that I know are up. Nothing. So I save the > configuration using netconf (using the exact same settings I just did > manually) and go to init level 1, then back to init 5, and it magicly works. > This seems somewhat like a bug, and knowing RedHats reputation with pump, > they may have done something strange with ISC's client. So, my question is > not "how do I set an ip address manually" its "what is dhcpcd doing so that I > cannot set an ip address manually" > > Jay > > On Monday 01 July 2002 1:16 pm, Ben Neigebauer wrote: > > You still might not even be able to ping your gateway if your ip route list > > is messed up. > > > > Example, > > > > I have a machine at 192.168.98.1 and one at 192.168.98.14. > > > > There is an entry in my ip route table that is: > > > > 192.168.98.0/24 dev eth1 scope link > > > > which basically says, go through dev eth1 for anything bound for that > > network. > > > > If I remove it, I can no longer ping my 192.168.98.14 address from > > 192.168.98.1 > > It doesn't know where it needs to go. > > > > Can you post the result from an ip route list? > > > > [bob at linuxgateway /]@ip route > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: tclug-list-admin at mn-linux.org > > [mailto:tclug-list-admin at mn-linux.org]On Behalf Of Jay Kline > > Sent: Monday, July 01, 2002 12:12 PM > > To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org > > Subject: Re: [TCLUG] RH7.3 and DHCP > > > > > > Yes, the first test I make is if I can ping my gateway (by IP, not name) > > and that fails. I know the server is up, and I know the cables are good. > > It seems to be another issue. > > > > Jay > > > > On Monday 01 July 2002 11:13 am, Kent Schumacher wrote: > > > I believe the DHCP client also sets up name resolution and default > > > routes. Are these being set correctly when you are manually configuring > > > things? > > > > > > Jay Kline wrote: > > > > On Sunday 30 June 2002 11:03 am, ccox at linuxsnob.com wrote: > > > > > well, I'm thinking that's might be an honest bug. have you had > > > > > any other distros on that hardware?, or another nic you could > > > > configure > > > > > > > to verify whether or not the problem is a part of the nic driver? > > > > > > > > Being a laptop, I dont have any other hardware to try. Nor do I want > > > > to just start installing whatever on it. It is a Xrocom 10/100 + Modem > > > > (from > > > > > > Dell). > > > > > > > > > I just had another thought, is that nic a pcmcia device? if it > > > > > is, you might need to do a restart of some of the pcmcia modules to > > > > get > > > > > > > it to kick over. > > > > > > > > Hmm.. Interesting thought. I will have to give that a try next time. > > > > But I seem to remember having this same problem on a desktop pc at work > > > > once. I dont recall what the solution there was. > > > > > > > > > I'm just shooting from the hip, I don't have 7.3 on anything as > > > > > of yet. so if anyone else can shed some light on this, you might be > > > > > more help than me at this point. > > > > > > > > Does anyone run a version of the ISC DHCP client on a network without a > > > > DHCP server? (like a roaming laptop) If there is a version that does > > > > work, I may just track down that version and see if it makes a > > > > difference. > > > > > > > > Jay