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Autor: Adam Bogacki
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Dla: djcaseley, dynebolic mailinglist
Temat: Re: [dyne:bolic] Dyne2 net config problem
Thanks for the moral support Dan. I worked it out and it's connecting
reliably. A nice piece of work .. the only thing it needs as a
multi-media live-CD is a VoIP client. Is Ekiga wedded to Ubuntu ?

Adam Bogacki,
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On Thu, Jul 06, 2006 at 12:45:38PM +0100 or thereabouts, Dan Caseley wrote:
>
> Although it would be odd for this not to be picked up automatically, the
> only numbers in your ifconfig that look like they *could* be causing a
> problem is your MTU. Some ISP's, regardless of where in the world you
> live, pick their own maximums. Some go for 1500, some 1498, 1492, 1490.
> Try setting it to something like 1460 and see if that resolves your issue.
> Can't remember quite how thats done with ifconfig. Been a while. If 'man
> ifconfig' seems a little daunting, everything that anyone has ever known
> is on google.
>
> Hope this helps. If not, perhaps someone who knows Dyne a little more
> intimately might be able to suggest some Dyne-specific issue that might
> cause this.
>
> Good luck.
>
> Dan.
>
> > Hola Jaromil !
> >
> >     I got around to checking out Dyne2 and am impressed, except
> > for accessing the internet.

> >
> >     I have a static cable account, and trying ifconfig as root after
> > configuring the network gives me

> >
> > #ifconfig eth0
> >
> > eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:A0:CC:D9:E2:48
> > inet adr:172.17.8.225 Bcast:172.17.8.25 Mask:255.255.255.00
> > UP BROADCAST NOTRAILERS RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
> > RX packets:51536 errors:1 dropped:0, overruns:0, frame:0
> > TX packets: 127 errors:1 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
> > collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
> > RX bytes: 316842 (3.0 Mb) Tx bytes: 9184 (8.9 Kb)
> > Interrupt:11 Base address:0xa400
> >
> >     The thing I can't understand is that I had no problem with
> > net access with Dynebolic1.1.1 - I rebooted it to figure out what I
> > may have done differently but nothing came up.

> >
> >     I'd be grateful for any constructive advice.

> >
> >     Similarly, trying mutt gives me "POP host is not defined"
> > and "No mailbox is open". I'm a daily Mutt/vi user and am unclear where
> > Dyne2 mutt config files reside - the nest ?

> >
> >     That said, it is an impressive achievement, under
> > often difficult conditions ...

> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Adam Bogacki,
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