beowulf. was [Re: Help me connect on campus?]

[Z. Frazier]

err, sorry wrong thread.

-zach

On Fri, 14 Jun 2002, Z. Frazier wrote:

>
> a pretty goodhowto can be found at
> www.ram.org/computing/linux/linux_cluster.html
>
> he works in the uw CompBio group.  the nice thing about this howto is he
> gives a pretty detailed overview of the harware and components he used.
> so if you want to gow tih hardware that works, he has a list.
>
> -zach
>
> On Fri, 14 Jun 2002, C. Olmsted wrote:
>
> > I noticed the same problem on a friends computer.
> >
> > I think the issue is that ifup and ifdown don't necessarily take care of
> > dhcpd correctly.  In his case, we would set the ip address manually but
> > dhcpd would change it again after a few minutes.
> >
> > To solve the problem when you need static ip addresses, make sure dhcpd is
> > not running.
> >
> > Cliff
> >
> > On Fri, 14 Jun 2002, Ethan Merritt wrote:
> >
> > > > Yes!  Please don't reboot linux for networking changes (unless you
> > > > are just testing that is).  Rebooting is still primarily a windoze
> > > > solution.
> > >
> > > That may be, but I have not had much luck switching between DHCP
> > > and static IPs without rebooting.  Is there some trick to it besides
> > > changing
> > > 	/etc/sysconfig/network
> > > 	/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0
> > > and bringing the network down and up again?
> > > I''ve tried that I don't know how many times without success,
> > > although it reboots just fine after the switch.
> > >
> > > Am I missing a step?
> > >
> > > --
> > > Ethan A Merritt       merritt at u.washington.edu
> > > Biomolecular Structure Center Box 357742
> > > University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195
> > > phone: (206)543-1421
> > > FAX:   (206)685-7002
> > >
> >
> >
>
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