network configuration

Administrator TOOTAI admin at tootai.net
Thu May 4 10:09:02 UTC 2006


Nofriyadi Nurdam wrote:
> Marc, I thank you very much for the answer.
>
> I have tried:
> # /etc/rc.d/init.d/network restart
>
> response of redhat:
> shutting down loopback interface         [OK]
> setting network parameters                  [OK]
> Bringing up loopback interface: arping: socket: address family not 
> supported by protocol
> Error, some other host already uses address 127.0.01      [FAILED]
> Bringing up interface eth0                  [OK]
>
> Response of  # ifconfig : command not found
>
> Response of # netconfig : command not found
>
> How can I know which other host uses the address 127.0.0.1
>
> Would you give any more advices, please?!
>
> Thanks in advance
> Best Regard
> Nofri
>
> */Marc M <linuxr at gmail.com>/* wrote:
>
>     Just go
>
>     # service network stop
>
>     (that shuts down networking)   then do
>
>     # service network start 
>
>     (which should make the service start). 
>
>     Now do
>
>     #  ifconfig eth0 
>
>     and it will tell you if it is up or not. 
>
>
>     If eth0 is not up do
>
>     #  ifup eth0 
>
>     and that should bring it up
>
>
>
>     Good luck
>     Marc
>
>
>
>     On 5/4/06, *Nofriyadi Nurdam * <nnurdam_rh at yahoo.com
>     <mailto:nnurdam_rh at yahoo.com>> wrote:
>
>         Hi All,
>
>         I am a computer class teacher and have to teach how to set up
>         RedHat9.
>         But I have problem with network configuration.
>         I have tried System Setting > Network.
>         Under Network Configuration I find
>         - Defice: status=inactive, alias=eth0
>         - Hardware: RealTek RTL-8139, SMC Ez Card
>         - DNS: hostname= computer_name
>         - Hosts: 127.0.0.1 <http://127.0.0.1>    computer_name
>         localhost.localdomain localhost
>
You can't give this IP to eth0, it's already used by the lo device. Same 
for localhost.localdomain localhost. Change the above line in:

- Hosts: 192.168.0.1 computer_name

and restart network
>
>
>         As I clicked the profile of device and activitated it, I
>         became message: You have made changes in your configuration.
>         To activate the network device eth0, the changes have to be saved
>
>         The message after saving: Changes are saved. You may want to
>         restart network and network service or restart the computer.
>
>         I have restarted my computer, but the network device stay
>         inactive.
>
>         Would you help me please, how to activate the network device.
>         In the network there has not been DNS server. (I hope, I could
>         build it next time).
>




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