Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2005 11:35:14 -0600 From: Eric F Crist <ecrist@secure-computing.net> To: Marty Landman <MLandman@face2interface.com> Cc: Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz> Subject: Re: ip addr changes on 5.3 but not on 4.8 Message-ID: <5a58a6a72f609bc7bb13deec4f623876@secure-computing.net> In-Reply-To: <6.2.0.14.0.20050226210252.01e3f710@mail.face2interface.com> References: <6.2.0.14.0.20050225125247.02e6d948@mail.face2interface.com> <20050225222750.GA59300@osiris.chen.org.nz> <c9850fd711881a4e278ad260e1030f8b@secure-computing.net> <6.2.0.14.0.20050226210252.01e3f710@mail.face2interface.com>
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On Feb 26, 2005, at 8:06 PM, Marty Landman wrote: > At 10:32 AM 2/26/2005, Eric F Crist wrote: > >>> On Fri, Feb 25, 2005 at 04:16:40PM -0500, Marty Landman wrote: >>> >>>> that the IP address for the 5.3 box gets changed on a fairly >>>> regular basis > [snip] >>>> The 4.8 box's IP addr has been stable. >> The other thing you could try would be to set a static IP on your >> workstations... > > I just can't help but notice that this is only a problem on my 5.3 box > and not on the 4.8. AFAIK the config's are identical, although > obviously I am still a newbie at this. > > BTW, why is my nic on 4.8 ep0 but on 5.3 dc0? Is that the way it > should be? > > Marty Marty, The ed0, dc0 situation is because of the driver the NIC uses. If you have two, or three, etc, cards that all use the same driver, then you'll start to see dc0, dc1, dc2, etc (provided they use the dc driver... HTH _______________________________________________________ Eric F Crist "I am so smart, S.M.R.T!" Secure Computing Networks -Homer J Simpson
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