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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!news.sprintlink.net!in1.uu.net!news3.digex.net!digex.net!not-for-mail From: briang@access5.digex.net (Brian G.) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Subject: Re: BSDI Stand Alone Date: 16 Sep 1995 06:01:02 -0400 Organization: Express Access Online Communications, Greenbelt, MD USA Lines: 31 Message-ID: <43e78u$qpu@access5.digex.net> References: <42n938$j7a@sierra.onr.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: access5.digex.net In article <42n938$j7a@sierra.onr.com>, Chad Kissinger <chad@onr.com> wrote: > >Hi, > > I'm installing 2.0 in a Gateway Pentium so that I >can work at home. (Like I don't work enough already :). > >I have succesfully loaded 2.0 using a remote CDROM and >have configured a secondary DNS server on this machine. >However, whenever I disconnect the Ethernet connection >(like I'm going home), the machine "hangs" after I >enter my Username and Password... I can only assume that >it is having trouble finding DNS information.... > > Anybody have some advice on how to configure a >machine that will sometimes be standalone, sometimes >dialed in on a modem and sometimes connected via an >Ethernet card? > > TIA If you have installed the Security/Kerberos packages, it may be hanging on while it tries to contact a Kerberos server. If you just wait a minute or two, it comes up and logs you in. Not sure how to make it not do that other than don't install Kerberos. Hope this helps. - Brian G.