Re: An elementary question on LANs

2011-07-17 Thread Timothy Murphy
Reindl Harald wrote: > this here is dhcpd under Fedora 15 and works the same way > like 10 years ago - i guess you did not realize that > "dhcpd.conf" is in recent releases located under > "/etc/dhcp/dhcpd.conf" and not directly in /etc/ > and playing the whole time with a ignored config-file Tha

Re: An elementary question on LANs

2011-07-16 Thread g
On 07/16/2011 07:03 PM, Digimer wrote: <> > I think g was talking about some corolation between the network card's > physical location on the motherboard and the 'ethX' name. correct. > Until recently, there was no reliable way to determine this. In the most > recent Fedora 15, an attempt is mad

Re: An elementary question on LANs

2011-07-16 Thread g
On 07/16/2011 06:04 PM, Timothy Murphy wrote: > g wrote: > >> so, to op, Timothy Murphy, >> >> do you wish to know; >> >> 1- what determines mapping of nic [network interface card/chipset] to an >> ip address? > > I assume that this is set in ifcfg-ethX . http://tldp.org/LDP/solrhe/Securing-O

Re: An elementary question on LANs

2011-07-16 Thread g
On 07/16/2011 06:23 PM, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: > On 07/16/2011 11:32 AM, g wrote: >> On 07/16/2011 04:21 PM, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: >> <> > >>> If you had read his posts, you would know it was not a guess on my part. >> >> now you really are guessing. > >> now, guess where. ;) > > LOL gla

Re: An elementary question on LANs

2011-07-16 Thread Reindl Harald
Am 16.07.2011 20:24, schrieb Timothy Murphy: >> It's mapped using 'HWADDR' in the >> /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-ethX and/or in >> /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules. > > These establish a correspondence between the interfaces > and the MAC addresses of the NICs yes, /etc/udev/r

Re: An elementary question on LANs

2011-07-16 Thread Gabriel Ramirez
On 07/16/2011 01:04 PM, Timothy Murphy wrote: > My problem basically is the error message > > alfred dhcpd: No subnet declaration for eth1 (no IPv4 addresses). > alfred dhcpd: ** Ignoring requests on eth1. If this is not what > alfred dhcpd:you want, please

Re: An elementary question on LANs

2011-07-16 Thread Digimer
On 07/16/2011 02:24 PM, Timothy Murphy wrote: > Digimer wrote: > >> On 07/15/2011 03:00 PM, Timothy Murphy wrote: >>> What exactly sets up the correspondence between interfaces and LANs, >>> eg (in my case) eth1 <-> 192.168.2.0 ? >>> >>> I don't see any file in /etc/sysconfig , say, >>> where this

Re: An elementary question on LANs

2011-07-16 Thread Digimer
On 07/16/2011 02:04 PM, Timothy Murphy wrote: > g wrote: > >> so, to op, Timothy Murphy, >> >> do you wish to know; >> >> 1- what determines mapping of nic [network interface card/chipset] to an >> ip address? > > I assume that this is set in ifcfg-ethX . You are right. Either by 'IPADDR=...'

Re: An elementary question on LANs

2011-07-16 Thread Timothy Murphy
Digimer wrote: > On 07/15/2011 03:00 PM, Timothy Murphy wrote: >> What exactly sets up the correspondence between interfaces and LANs, >> eg (in my case) eth1 <-> 192.168.2.0 ? >> >> I don't see any file in /etc/sysconfig , say, >> where this is specified. > > It's mapped using 'HWADDR' in the >

Re: An elementary question on LANs

2011-07-16 Thread Mikkel L. Ellertson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 07/16/2011 11:32 AM, g wrote: > On 07/16/2011 04:21 PM, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: > <> > >> If you had read his posts, you would know it was not a guess on my part. > > now you really are guessing. > > now, guess where. ;) > LOL - -- No boom

Re: An elementary question on LANs

2011-07-16 Thread Timothy Murphy
g wrote: > so, to op, Timothy Murphy, > > do you wish to know; > > 1- what determines mapping of nic [network interface card/chipset] to an > ip address? I assume that this is set in ifcfg-ethX . > 2- what determines mapping of nic [network interface card/chipset] to an > ethx position?

Re: An elementary question on LANs

2011-07-16 Thread g
On 07/16/2011 04:21 PM, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: <> > If you had read his posts, you would know it was not a guess on my part. now you really are guessing. now, guess where. ;) -- peace out. tc.hago, g . in a free world without fences, who needs gates. ** help microsoft stamp out p

Re: An elementary question on LANs

2011-07-16 Thread Mikkel L. Ellertson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 07/16/2011 10:07 AM, g wrote: > On 07/16/2011 01:19 AM, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: > <> > >> Guys, he wants to know where the IP address is set, not what >> determines what interface is eth1. > > another good guess. and nothing wrong with it eithe

Re: An elementary question on LANs

2011-07-16 Thread g
On 07/16/2011 01:19 AM, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: <> > Guys, he wants to know where the IP address is set, not what > determines what interface is eth1. another good guess. and nothing wrong with it either. but, before any answers are presented, clarification should be made. so, to op, Timoth

Re: An elementary question on LANs

2011-07-15 Thread Mikkel L. Ellertson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 07/15/2011 07:09 PM, Timothy Murphy wrote: > Digimer wrote: > >>> What exactly sets up the correspondence between interfaces and LANs, >>> eg (in my case) eth1 <-> 192.168.2.0 ? >>> >>> I don't see any file in /etc/sysconfig , say, >>> where this i

Re: An elementary question on LANs

2011-07-15 Thread Timothy Murphy
Digimer wrote: >> What exactly sets up the correspondence between interfaces and LANs, >> eg (in my case) eth1 <-> 192.168.2.0 ? >> >> I don't see any file in /etc/sysconfig , say, >> where this is specified. > > It's mapped using 'HWADDR' in the > /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-ethX and/o

Re: An elementary question on LANs

2011-07-15 Thread Genes MailLists
On 07/15/2011 03:09 PM, Digimer wrote: > On 07/15/2011 03:00 PM, Timothy Murphy wrote: >> What exactly sets up the correspondence between interfaces and LANs, >> eg (in my case) eth1 <-> 192.168.2.0 ? >> >> I don't see any file in /etc/sysconfig , say, >> where this is specified. > > It's mapped u

Re: An elementary question on LANs

2011-07-15 Thread Digimer
On 07/15/2011 03:00 PM, Timothy Murphy wrote: > What exactly sets up the correspondence between interfaces and LANs, > eg (in my case) eth1 <-> 192.168.2.0 ? > > I don't see any file in /etc/sysconfig , say, > where this is specified. It's mapped using 'HWADDR' in the /etc/sysconfig/network-scrip

An elementary question on LANs

2011-07-15 Thread Timothy Murphy
What exactly sets up the correspondence between interfaces and LANs, eg (in my case) eth1 <-> 192.168.2.0 ? I don't see any file in /etc/sysconfig , say, where this is specified. -- Timothy Murphy e-mail: gayleard /at/ eircom.net tel: +353-86-2336090, +353-1-2842366 s-mail: School of Mathemati