New to Ubuntu

[David Curtis]

bill purvis wrote:
> Thanks for all the responses to my newbie problem.
> I have another - I have just had to reboot my
> system and when it came up the network was in
> a weird state. This machine is networked via a server
> running Mandrake which also acts as firewall etc.
> trying to 'ping' my server I got the old 'network unreachable'
> error message. 
> Running ifconfig eth0 gave:
> 
> eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:A0:D1:BB:37:4E  
>           inet6 addr: fe80::2a0:d1ff:febb:374e/64 Scope:Link
>           UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
>           RX packets:23 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
>           TX packets:6 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
>           collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
>           RX bytes:3727 (3.6 KiB)  TX bytes:468 (468.0 b)
>           Interrupt:19 Base address:0x6000 
> 
> No, IP4 address. Running the System/Administration/Network
> tool showed the correct IP4 static address. I changed this
> slightly and ifconfig then showed the new IP4 address.
> Changing it back to what I had originally set it resulted
> in the network then being operational again. I'd really
> prefer not to have to go through this whenver I reboot.
> Anyone any ideas?
> 
> Bill

Set up dhcpd on your mandrake server/firewall/gateway. Serve IP 
addresses to your desktop machine which should use dhcp3-client by 
selecting Applications/System/Network -> wired connection (assuming) -> 
properties and selecting 'automatic configuration (dhcp)'.

I'd give you help with the dhcp server but its been years since I set up 
a firewall/gateway. Anyone remember oxygen/LEAF?