Re: absurdly simple LAN problem

[Anthony Campbell <ac@acampbell.org.uk>]

On 17 Sep 2005, L.V.Gandhi wrote:
> 
>    On 9/17/05, Marty <[1]martyb@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
> 
>      Anthony Campbell wrote:
>      > iface eth1 inet dhcp
>      >         address [2]192.168.0.22
>      > auto eth0
>      > iface eth0 inet dhcp
>      >       address [3]192.168.0.20
>      I could be missing something but why do you specify DHCP as well as
>      a static address?
>      I thought these options were mutually exclusive and I'm surprised
>      you don't get some
>      kind of error message.
> 
>    First change the dhcp to static
>    Second disable wifi. Then rebbot both laptop and pc. See what happens.
>    --
>    L.V.Gandhi
>    [4]http://lvgandhi.tripod.com/
>    linux user No.205042
> 
> References
> 
>    1. mailto:martyb@ix.netcom.com
>    2. http://192.168.0.22/
>    3. http://192.168.0.20/
>    4. http://lvgandhi.tripod.com/

I was using static previously but changed to dhcp following someone's
suggestion here. The wireless stuff was set up by the Debian install
iprocess originally; I thought it had to be there. 

Anthony

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