[UCLA-LUG] Dsl network setup

[mike chan]

your /etc/hosts file should at least contain :

127.0.0.1	localhost localhost.localdomain
your.ip.here	yourhostname yourhostname.yourdomainname

and depending on what you use, you probably want loghost in your /etc/hosts file too...

what was X complaining about specifically?

mike

At 02:51 AM 9/24/99 -0700, you wrote:
>My internet works fine now except when it X starts after I log in, there is
>a prompt that says something bout might having to add something to
>/etc/hosts.....what is it? I checked my /etc/hosts file and it's empty
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From:	linux-admin@linux.ucla.edu [mailto:linux-admin@linux.ucla.edu] On
>Behalf Of mike chan
>Sent:	Friday, September 24, 1999 1:37 AM
>To:	linux@linux.ucla.edu
>Subject:	Re: [UCLA-LUG] Dsl network setup
>
>run netconfig, or use linuxconf and set the ip (specify static) set your
>gateway, and your dns servers...
>
>make sure to run netconfig or linuxconf as root or it won't work...
>
>mike
>
>At 12:35 AM 9/24/99 -0700, you wrote:
>>I have RH6.0 and I was wondering how to setup my internet access.  The
>>settings for windows are the following:
>>I.P.:216.200.166.127
>>Subnet mask: 255.255.255.248
>>Gateway: 216.200.166.121
>>Host: ldawg
>>Domain: internic2.net
>>Dns servers search order: 216.200.162.6, 216.200.162.7
>>Domain suffix search order: ns1, ns2
>>
>>So how do I setup it up in Linux?
>>
>>Lam
>>
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