RE: eth0 vanishing

"vvor" <[email protected]> wrote:
> i opened 67 and 68. i still see in my logs that udp packets on thse ports are
> being blocked.

Maybe you added the rule to allow them after the rule that's blocking 
them?  The order of the firewall rules is important.
> 
> also, i found my dhcpcd-eth0.info file. it has incorrect info! it has the wrong
> ip address. who is doing this? pump? the last time my net went down, i tried
> ifdown/ifup. then, ifconfig. the ipaddress i got was the ip that i now see in
> dhcpcd-eth0.info. it is a "martian", apparently. i ended up having to reboot.

I think only dhcpcd changes dhcpcd-eth0.info.
> 
> if i want to get rid of "pump", i just remove the rpm? then my system will
> auto-configure for dhcpcd? do i need to install dhcpcd?

The scripts are set up to try pump first (if it's available) then fall 
back to dhcpcd, so if you remove pump ("rpm -e pump") then it should use 
dhcpcd instead.  I suspect you already have dhcpcd installed.  Type "rpm 
-q dhcpcd" to be sure.  If you don't have it, then you would need to 
install it.
> 
> i am tail -f ing my /var/log/messages. i see a bunch of messages with
> "MAC=00:30:28:..." is that my cable modem?these are packets on port 123.

I believe 123=ntp.  The MAC address for all incoming packets is probably 
that of your cable modem.
HTH,
John
> 
> zzz...
> 
> vora