Re: Debian Newbie Question on Network Config
Alberto Tobias wrote:
/etc/network/interfaces
or, alternatively you can install etherconf.
'apt-get install etherconf'
this will lead you through a prompted setup.
Matt
Thanks for the tip!
However, it does noet appear to solve my issue. After reboot I still need to
manually bring up the eth0 interface and configure it.
An "ifconfig -a" only shows the loopback interface. After I do a "modprobe
tulip" the eth0 interface appears as well and I only neede to assign it its
IP address and gateway and everything works again. What can I do to make
this automatic at boot time? Where can I find the error messages (if any)
the system geenrates while booting when it fails to bring up the interface?
I cannot see anything in /var/log/dmesg
Thanks in advance,
Alberto
Add the module "tulip" to /etc/modules, like this:
# /etc/modules: kernel modules to load at boot time.
#
# This file should contain the names of kernel modules that are
# to be loaded at boot time, one per line. Comments begin with
# a #, and everything on the line after them are ignored.
tulip
via82cxxx_audio
visor
and edit /etc/network/interfaces, something like this:
# /etc/network/interfaces -- configuration file for ifup(8), ifdown(8)
# The loopback interface
# automatically added when upgrading
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
# The first network card - this entry was created during the Debian
installation
# (network, broadcast and gateway are optional)
# automatically added when upgrading
auto eth0
#iface eth0 inet static
# address 192.168.123.2
# netmask 255.255.255.0
# network 192.168.123.0
# broadcast 192.168.123.255
# gateway 192.168.123.1
iface eth0 inet dhcp
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