December_1998: networking is fried!

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Here is what happened, I installed an rpm called setup, because rpmfind =
said I needed it to use the latest xforms libs. Little do I know that =
this package installs new /etc/passwd net /etc/services etc etc, =
basically hosing my system. I reinstalled my accounts all seemed well. =
Except now networking is completely fried. I even looked at what the new =
setup installed /etc/inetd.conf put in one from net-kit (I also removed =
the new setup and put in the redhat files) I go into linux conf and put =
in myself as so: dhcp and leave everything blank. Result dhcp fails =
after about 60 seconds. This happened before I fried my system when the =
dhcp server was down, but now its up and I get nothing.... 2) I tried to =
use bootp, bootp can't get a reply from bootp server and dies. 3) =
manual setup, the same thing that I had setup before it all went to =
hell. I have gateway 130.132.52.1 export default route yes, routed is =
silent, in host info I have my hostname I have 130.132.52.220 as my ip, =
net mask 255.255.255.0 and I put in nameservers. When it goes up I can =
only ping 130.132.52.220 (myself) and 130.132.52.255 (broadcast) this =
replies with lots of replies but they all say something like 65,536,000 =
ms or something whacky like that. I ping some of those ip's and =
sometimes they respond with the same huge laggy pings. I don't want to =
reinstall linux can someone please give me a hand here?
(I'm writing this from my win98 partition which uses dhcp seamlessly =
(arrg))

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Here is what happened, I installed = an rpm called=20 setup, because rpmfind said I needed it to use the latest xforms libs. = Little do=20 I know that this package installs new /etc/passwd net /etc/services etc = etc,=20 basically hosing my system. I reinstalled my accounts all seemed well. = Except=20 now networking is completely fried. I even looked at what the new setup=20 installed /etc/inetd.conf put in one from net-kit (I also removed the = new setup=20 and put in the redhat files) I go into linux conf and put in myself as = so: dhcp=20 and leave everything blank. Result dhcp fails after about 60 seconds. = This=20 happened before I fried my system when the dhcp server was down, but now = its up=20 and I get nothing.... 2) I tried to use bootp, bootp can't get a reply = from=20 bootp server and dies. 3) manual setup, the same thing that I had = setup=20 before it all went to hell. I have gateway 130.132.52.1 export = default=20 route yes, routed is silent, in host info I have my hostname I have=20 130.132.52.220 as my ip, net mask 255.255.255.0 and I put in=20 nameservers. When it goes up I can only ping 130.132.52.220 = (myself)=20 and 130.132.52.255 (broadcast) this replies with lots of replies = but they=20 all say something like 65,536,000 ms or something whacky like that. I = ping some=20 of those ip's and sometimes they respond with the same huge laggy=20 pings. I don't want to reinstall linux can someone please = give me a=20 hand here?