Re: urgent help needed for network problem!

[email protected] wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> We have a RH6.2 server, which will be upgraded to 7.3 soon.  However,
> currently it has a problem.  Our scholl's network office told me that
> since yesterday, this machine takes over the IP address of our gateway,
> and so bring the whole subnet down.  So, they have to cut the line for
> this server.  They ask me to check the system configuration.  But, I
> could not find anything wrong: the system log, security, message and
> linuxconf.  
> 
> Does anybody know what could cause this problem -- taking over the
> gateway IP?  Where should I check? 

Use ifconfig to check that you have the correct IP address for the 
machine and the gateway.  Then check 
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 and look at the IPADDR= and 
GATEWAY= lines.

Forrest
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