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["Sheldon Isaac" <sisaac AT netaxs.com>]

On 13 May 2004 at 8:50, 3aoo-cvfd AT dea.spamcon.org wrote:

> Sheldon Isaac wrote:
> > Here's testit, which I did chmod +x  to before executing it.
> > -------------
> > #!/bin/sh
> > PATH=/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin:/bin/busybox
> > insmod slhc
> > insmod ppp
> 
> Why are those in testit?

I don't know, Steven; I just copied part of rc.S so I could do a test, in 
response to Sindi's question about using a script.

> > #------ ETHERNET  (using Belkin card)
> > insmod rtl8139
> > ##  if DHCP server is on network
> > # dhcp                       
> > ##  if no DHCP server is on network
> > ifconfig eth0 192.168.1.2 up  
> 
> up is not needed (it is the default)

Thanks.

> > ifconfig lo 127.0.0.1 up  
> 
> Normally you should ifconfig lo (localhost) before eth0.

OK, will make that change.
 
> > It works, but there are error? messages at the bottom of 
> > the result, which I can't recall:
> 
> If we are to make any sense of this, we need to see the
> exact messages.
> 
> >  "SNMLBNISS  resource busy", or some such
> 
> "resource busy" could be caused by doing insmod on a module
> that is already installed (like slhc or ppp).  To eliminate 
> this, run lsmod first to check what is already installed.

Oh, yes indeed - I ran testit after the system was fully loaded, so rc.S 
had run.

Please excuse, but what do slhc and ppp do?

I am guessing that ppp has to do with contacting a remote system via 
modem?  (We do ppp-on to dial up)

I recall from years ago, there was different ways of dialup, and "PPP" 
was supposed to be a little better than "SLIP"?

As long as we're at it:  what is dhcp?  Why and how would one use it?

Thanks,

Sheldon Isaac