Help me connect on campus?

[C. Olmsted]

Thanks Brad for posting that to the entire group, now everyone knows :)

Cliff

On Fri, 14 Jun 2002, Brad Emerson wrote:

> cliff, you are such a bigot!
> :)
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: LINUX-owner at u.washington.edu
> [mailto:LINUX-owner at u.washington.edu]On Behalf Of C. Olmsted
> Sent: Friday, June 14, 2002 1:24 PM
> To: UW Linux Group
> Subject: Re: Help me connect on campus?
>
>
> Yes!  Please don't reboot linux for networking changes (unless you are
> just testing that is).  Rebooting is still primarily a windoze solution.
>
> Cliff
>
> On Fri, 14 Jun 2002, M. Hornung wrote:
>
> > Oh, ah, and you need to make sure you have dhcpcd and/or pump installed.
> > Then as root run 'ifdown eth0' to bring the interface down and 'ifup eth0'
> > to bring it up with the changes applied.
> >
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> > On Fri, 14 Jun 2002 at 12:48, M. Hornung wrote:
> >
> > |Assuming your network card is "eth0" then you can edit
> > |/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 and make sure it reads:
> > |
> > |DEVICE=eth0
> > |BOOTPROTO=dhcp
> > |ONBOOT=yes
> > |
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> > |On Fri, 14 Jun 2002 at 12:23, marie at u.washington.edu wrote:
> > |
> > ||Hello,
> > ||
> > ||I will be starting at the UW this summer and moving into the dormitory
> in a week.  I would like to connect my Red Hat Linux 7.2 system to the
> on-campus Ethernet in Mercer Hall as quickly as I can so that I may register
> for classes two days after I move in.  I just put an Ethernet card in my
> computer and Kudzu did its detection and loaded the drivers necessary, but
> then I skipped the networking portion because I do not have the computer
> connected to Ethernet yet (because I am still at home) and also I do not
> know any of the information.  How do I get this information, and how do I
> get back into the networking setup when I have it?
> > ||
> > ||Marie
> > ||
> > ||
> > |
> >
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