Re: Determining IP information for eth0 failed

[Keven Ring <keven mitre org>]

St0rM wrote:

> > In /etc/sysconfig/networking/devices/ifcfg-eth0 I have: USERCTL=yes 
> > PEERDNS=yes TYPE=Ethernet DEVICE=eth0 HWADDR=00:40:f4:6f:b4:90 
> > BOOTPROTO=dhcp
> > (Information for NETMASK, DOMAIN, IPADDR, DHCP_HOSTNAME, GATEWAY, 
> > NETWORK and BROADCAST
> > seem to be missing. Should I fill in these myself,(and with which 
> > values), or should
> > DHCP/something else do this for me?) 
>
>
> At least IPADDR and NETMASK should really be there...
Incorrect!!!!

He is using DHCP!

If his BOOTPROTO was *static*, he would need an IPADDR and NETMASK......

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