[root@localhost root]# ping 198.168.1.100 PING 192.168.1.100 (192.168.1.100) from 192.168.1.100 : 56(84) bytes of data 64 bytes from 192.168.1.100: icmp_seq=0 ttl=255 time=487 usec Warning: time of day goes back, taking countermeasures. 64 bytes from 192.168.1.100: icmp_seq=0 ttl=255 time=487 usec <ctrl>c --- 192.168.1.100 ping statistics --- 2 packets transmitted. 2 packets received. 0% packet loss round-trip min/avg/max/mdev = 0.487/0.626/0.766/0.141 ms
This is not too bad.. you get this sometimes if the machine that you're pinging has an incorrectly set clock.
[root@localhost root]# ifdown eth0
[root@localhost root]# ifup eth0 Determining IP information for eth0... failed
The machine is trying to use DHCP to get it's IP address. Look in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ edit ifcfg-eth0 Mine looks like this... DEVICE="eth0" BOOTPROTO="none" IPADDR="192.168.0.1" NETMASK="255.255.255.0" ONBOOT="yes" Change the BOOTPROTO line to read none instead of DHCP. HTH Chris -- Chris *************************************************************************** E Mail Chris@glovercc.clara.co.uk WWW http://www.glovercc.clara.co.uk Someday, we'll look back on this, laugh nervously and change the subject. -Anon