Server not responding to requests

[A.L.M.Buxey at lboro.ac.uk]

Hi,

> However, ifconfig shows eth0 has the wrong IP address.  It looks like it
> grabbed a DHCP address from my Windows DHCP server.  When I look at eth0
> connection properties on the task bar it shows 172.16.3.4.  In
> /etc/hosts, under System Administration Network Configuration,  and on
> my DNS server, it is 172.16.1.15.  How do I stop it from using the wrong
> address?  I see in docs there is a file called
> /var/lib/dhclient/eth0-leases which contains the bad config info.  

first, to stop it using DHCP configure your network stack correctly.
usually /etc/sysconfig/network or /etc/sysconfig/networking-scripts/ifcfg-eth0
or somesuch - or use a GUI interface etc.  certainly if you want
fixed you dont want dhclient or pump etc running!

alan