[Novices] network configuration

John Mathieson novices@kalamazoolinux.org
Sun, 18 Apr 2004 18:09:40 -0400


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Sorry, forgot to add that.  This file is located in 
/ect/sysconfig/network/devices

Adam Tauno Williams wrote:

>Where exactly is this file?  Is it executable?
>
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>>I am having difficulty with network activation on RH 7.3 on my pentium 
>>laptop.  I have created a profile for my wireless card with Gedit as noted:
>>USERCTL=No
>>PEERDNS=yes
>>GATEWAY=
>>ONBOOT=no
>>TYPE=Wireless
>>DHCP_HOSTNAME=
>>IPADDR=
>>DEVICE=eth0
>>HWADDR=00:02:2d:50:88:0b
>>BOOTPROTO=dhcp
>>DOMAIN=
>>NETMASK=
>>ESSID=WLAN
>>CHANNEL=2
>>MODE=Managed
>>KEY=
>>RATE=11Mb/s
>>
>>The network configuraton gui recognizes the card and allows me to 
>>configure it, but will not allow me to activate it.  When "acitvate" is 
>>clicked nothing happens. 
>>I have tried ifup eth0 and get the message "/sbin/ifup: Configuration 
>>for eth0 not found"  
>>What all needs to configured for a wireless network. 
>>    
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Sorry, forgot to add that.&nbsp; This file is located in
/ect/sysconfig/network/devices<br>
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Adam Tauno Williams wrote:<br>
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  <pre wrap="">Where exactly is this file?  Is it executable?

  </pre>
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    <pre wrap="">I am having difficulty with network activation on RH 7.3 on my pentium 
laptop.  I have created a profile for my wireless card with Gedit as noted:
USERCTL=No
PEERDNS=yes
GATEWAY=
ONBOOT=no
TYPE=Wireless
DHCP_HOSTNAME=
IPADDR=
DEVICE=eth0
HWADDR=00:02:2d:50:88:0b
BOOTPROTO=dhcp
DOMAIN=
NETMASK=
ESSID=WLAN
CHANNEL=2
MODE=Managed
KEY=
RATE=11Mb/s

The network configuraton gui recognizes the card and allows me to 
configure it, but will not allow me to activate it.  When "acitvate" is 
clicked nothing happens. 
I have tried ifup eth0 and get the message "/sbin/ifup: Configuration 
for eth0 not found"  
What all needs to configured for a wireless network. 
    </pre>
  </blockquote>
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