Re: [gentoo-amd64] Problem with ethernet configuration

[Drake Donahue]

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?