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Connecting Debian webserver to network
I am currently running a webserver with Debian 5.0.2. It has been working (more or less) fine for the past 2-3 years but recently it went down due to some power-outage. Ever since I have brought it ...
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How can I renew lease when it kept printing eth0 lease expired x seconds ago?
My guest VM cannot get an IP address from my host.
It keeps printing:
eth0: lease expired x seconds ago
I've tried to start dhclient -r and dhclient and restart eth0 to no avail, see here for ...
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dhcp: Host name lookup failure
I changed configuration of /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth1 and used ifdown and ifup to reset it. Then used ifconfig eth1 dhcp start it does not work and say:dhcp: Host name lookup failure. ...
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DHCP server: offer different subnet addresses for different interfaces
I'm running Ubuntu 10.04 on my home router which has multiple network interfaces. I have dhcpd configured to provide addresses from 192.168.1.0/24 subnet on certain interface. However, I'd like to ...
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resolv.conf + PXE server + kickstart files
I use PXE server in order to download kickstart and to install Linux.
After installation I saw that /etc/resolv.conf was created with the IP of the PXE server.
Why there is PXE server IP address in ...
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How to disable DHCP (static IP)?
If I want to set my Slackware machine to have a static IP assigned from the router, how can I do so?
I assume I have to disable DHCP then edit something to set the requested IP, but I'm not sure ...
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Linksys WAG200 DSL/Router combo with cable modem?
I have a Linksys DSL/Router combo. It was previously used for my DSL connection. I switched to a cable connection now, using Motorola cable modem.
Is it possible to create have the cable connection ...
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How to overcome libc resolver limitation of maximum 3 nameservers?
Suppose I work in environment with number of domain changes and slow propagation.
I want to test domain configuration immediately after setting change but the propagation is slow.
So I want to add ...
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Force dhcp client to get a new lease
I have a linux DHCP server running on my network.
I recently found out that I can assign specific IP addresses to clients based
on their MAC address by modifying the dhcpd.conf file.
Now is there ...
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How do I use dhcpcd in openwrt instead of udhcpc?
I'm trying to determine the reason my router is not syncing up to my ISP, I do suspect snafu on their end so I'm trying to replicate my desktops setup which includes using dhcpcd.
Problem is I don't ...
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forwarding DHCP packets
I've got this configuration:
WRouter ->(by wifi) Computer1
And I want to add another computer (computer2) connected by cable to computer1.
Is it possible then to configure computer1 to forward ...
