Re: [gentoo-amd64] Problem with ethernet configuration

[Drake Donahue]

On Thu, 2008-11-06 at 17:38 -0500, Drake Donahue wrote:
> On Thu, 2008-11-06 at 21:54 +0000, Beso wrote:
> > 2008/11/6 manuel <kaos@××××××××××××.com>:
> > > Hi All,
> > >
> > > I have two gentoo os on my pc,  same  HD, different partitions. Now they are
> > > both 2008!
> > > I really don't understand why on the "first" system I can get a static IP
> > > address working, the same configuration does not work on the "second os" and
> > > I must set it to dhcp to get it working! I need to get a static Ip address
> > > 'cause I would like to map ports on my router! I've tried a lot of
> > > configurations but it still does not work and at the moment i've no Ideas!!!
> > >
> > >
> > if you have the same identical configuration one connects and the
> > other doesn't. you cannot assign the same ip to 2 different boards at
> > the same time. also if your router has saved the mac addresses and
> > binded the ips for some time (usually routers can be set to do this)
> > then you cannot bind the same ip for another pc.
> > an alternative is to set the static bind routes in the dhcp
> > configuration panel of your router and use dhcp. in this way you're
> > able to use dhcp on the pcs that will still get the same ip address
> > and so you'll be able to use them as they would have got the static
> > route. you'll just have to bind without lease the mac address to an ip
> > and then enable the dhcp in the router. i use this way of routing in
> > my network.
> >
> >
> same pc same card same mac address for most of us who do this kind of
> thing.
> can "does not work" be made more specific? error/failure messages?
> wireless or wired connection?
>
If the problem is an inability to use the internet and not one of
"net.eth0 failed to" being reported at startup; check
that /etc/resolv.conf contains a valid "nameserver xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx" type
entry.