On Tue, 05 Dec 2006 21:26:48 +0000 "Colin Humphrey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>have all these > >>tests been with the same DHCP server? > > I believe so - though I am not sure what you mean by this? I thought > that there was only one DHCP server procedure per installation disk? > I have tried on different machines though with the same installation > disk each time and the results were varied.
DHCP works by a machine on the network acting as a server and giving out IP addresses and configuration information for the other machines. In small networks this is often integrated wth the router. When I asked about if this was all with the same server I assumed you were trying to get an ubuntu machine to get an IP address (and other other details) from a DHCP server, and was wondering if that server might be the bit that isn't working. Looking back over more of the thread I notice that you are setting up an ubuntu server so I might have things backwards and you want the ubuntu machine to be the DHCP server? For not using DHCP: > >>Tell them where the internet > >>gateway and DNS servers are. > > So would that mean I could change files: > > -w nano/etc/resolv.conf > -w nano/etc/network/interfaces > > and then ping the host ubuntu computer from an XP computer after > changes have been made? Yes, if you've got X-windows installed then there are graphical apps that can let you avoid editing the files directly -there are probably such tools that work without X as well but I don't know what they are... ________________________________________________________ Robert McWilliam [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.ormiret.com If it ain't broke: fix it 'till it is. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
