[CLUE-Tech] RH 9.0 network issue

[Dave Hahn]

check for an errant dhclient process

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Crawford Rainwater wrote:

>I have noticed something very odd on my laptop recently and wondered if
>anyone else has come across this.  For reference, RH 9.0 with
>2.4.20-20.9 kernel on a ThinkPad A21p.
>
>I have two different networks running, ethernet to a DSL with a static
>IP address which is default, and a WiFi for a local private network not
>on the net.  What I am noticing over a period of time is that the
>/etc/resolv.conf file is being overwritten to something else instead of
>the defaults for the DSL.  I am manually configuring things via command
>line (not using RH's "neat" here) as well.  A standard set to get this
>up and running are as follows:
>
># ifconfig eth1 10.0.1.100		; WiFi here
># route add 10.0.1.0 gw 10.0.1.1
># ifconfig eth0 68.x.x.x netmask 255.255.255.192 ; Ethernet
># route add default gw 68.x.x.gw
># cp -f /etc/resolv.conf.dsl /etc/resolv.conf
>
>Here the /etc/resolv.conf.dsl has the DNS entries for the DSL.
>
>Over time of this being up, the /etc/resolv.conf file become blank or
>associates the DNS with the gateway for the WiFi (the WAP does not do
>DHCP for reference).  The time frame has varied from an hour to most of
>the day (i.e., pretty random).
>
>Open to insight here.  TIA.
>
>--- Crawford
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