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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>After the recent set of suggestions about AMD
performance, I decided to recompile my kernel for an "Athlon" system. The
recompile has went fine (after a few false starts, etc.) and I can boot on the
new kernel.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Problem: I can not ping out to the rest of
the world. I can ping localhost and the IP addy of the machine - but no
where else. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I finally ended up using the "Athlon" configuration
file that comes with the RH7.2 release. That configuration file has
networking turned on, etc. I have went into ntsysv and turned off ipchains
and iptables just to make sure they are not blocking everything (but I do
believe they normally don't start out with everything blocked). Yes ...
the cable is attached and the NIC cards are good to go .. I can reboot in the
original kernel and the network works fine. eth0 comes up without a
problem for the new kernel.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Any suggestions on what I may have forgotten to
turn on? Or turned off? Many thanks in advance!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Randy </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>p.s. I did try and download the items
suggested ... but permission was denied. The security type things on this
AMD machine are not an issue for me - it is behind the firewall and if someone
makes it that far that is the least of my concerns.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>"Excellence can be attained if you Care more than
others think is wise, Risk more than others think is safe, Dream more than
others think is practical, and Expect more than others think is possible." -
Author Unknown </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>ph: 218-385-3750<BR>fax:218-385-3751<BR>email: <A
href="mailto:rclark@lakesplus.com">rclark@lakesplus.com</A><BR></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>