Re: Debian 3.0 Configuring Ethernet Card/Networking After Main Installation
Ok, here's how pcmcia ethernet works for me.
I have installed the networking system. ifconfig shows the "lo"
interface, I can ping and telnet to 127.0.0.1, and things like that.
I hope yours is at that point also. If not, please make sure that you
can.
I then have entries in /etc/network/interfaces like this:
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iface eth0 inet dhcp
#iface eth0 inet static
# address 192.168.0.1
# netmask 255.255.255.0
iface eth1 inet dhcp
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...so that it doesn't matter which one the pcmcia ethernet card
happens to be assigned to. Static or dynamic depends on what your
network looks like, use what is appropriate.
While on the console, plug in the pcmcia ethernet card. What I see is
something like this:
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eth3: NE2000 compatable: io=0x300, irq3, hw_addr 00:01:02:03:04:05
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I would go back at this point and change the entry in the interfaces
file to match eth3 as the interface name, issue the command "cardctl
eject 0" or 1, depending on the slot used, and re-insert the card.
ifconfig should then show a live ethernet interface.
Give it a whirl and see what happens.
Curt-
On Wednesday 31 March 2004 09:24, rookie99 was heart to say:
> I installed Debian 3.0 on an Inspiron 3500 recently. At the time, I
> had no ethernet adapter installed and couldn't configure the
> networking. However, I did configure the PCMCIA slots .
> I can't find out how to go back to configure the networking and
> Ethernet card now that Debian 3.0 is installed. I can get to the
> Debian System Configuration screen, but it doesn't have options to
> configure ethernet cards (it does have modem option). The ethernet
> configuration was back in the main installation.
> Is it still possible to configure my ethernet card and networking
> at this time? Please note that I am new with Linux and not familiar
> with its protocols.
>
> John
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