From: "Jon" <ecs-t6x@2rosenthals.com>
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Date: Fri, 04 Sep 2009 11:50:16 -0700 (PDT)
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Subject: Re: [eCS T60/T61] Installing rc7 on T61

On Fri, 04 Sep 2009 11:44:23 -0400 Lewis G Rosenthal wrote:
>
>>   
>You wouldn't see anything in there on the client machine, even if you 
>had a dozen DHCP servers on your network.

Right, but I looked on the other 2 boxes (both os/2) and the xp machines =
aren't running a dhcp service.

>I did not know that you were running OS/2 as your bastion server and not=
 
>another appliance (D-Link, LinkSys, Belkin, etc.). So, do you mean that =

>you're not running the DHCP Server service on that OS/2 box=3F Just tryi=
ng 
>to get a clear picture, here.

I didn't *think* so, until I remembered that IJFW includes dhcp service a=
s an option....and look at that!  There it is!  
<blush>.  This spring I moved into a fixer-upper (after 26 yrs at my prio=
r house!) and have my network sort of half-a** cobbled 
together (ethernet cables taped across the floor, etc), and stuff added i=
n fits & starts (like the linksys).  Mostly we are 
still living out of cardboard boxes and suitcases here while we paint, fi=
x, plant, and remodel.  So somewhere way back, before 
I set up the linksys, I activated the dhcp on IJFW to get my son online. =
 Later on I added the linksys and forgot that it was 
the dhcp provider at my prior residence.

So there it is, you were sooo correct.  The linksys service is now disabl=
ed and the boot proceeds normally.

>> Hmmm, I never noticed a problem with my 940k hosts file when I used xw=
Lan under rc6a and static IP.  But I didn' t use that 
option you 
>> mentioned either.  Glad to hear Christian is working on a new version.=

>>
>>   
>As soon as I flipped that option off, the problem disappeared. That's 
>when it all made sense. :-)  It turned out that Christian had never 
>tested against a hosts file anywhere near the size(s) of ours.

I forgot to mention that I was running that hosts file as a poor-man's ad=
 blocker (and I'm sure you are doing that to some 
extent also).  Last month I read good things about the FF add-on, ad-bloc=
ker.  I had tried this in the past and had problems.  
I tried it again and have been satisfied, so I have downsized my hosts fi=
le to just my local network.  It's working well so 
far, but I didn't delete that hosts file for future use.

>And those are all DHCP=3F I just can't figure out where a bogus gateway =

>address is creeping into your configuration the first time 'round.

That bogus gateway is no more :-)

Now I can start thinking about getting the wireless setup...oh joy...

Have a good holiday weekend, 
I'll be digging, mowing, & painting.

jon