Re: eth0 down after upgrade
On Tuesday 11 October 2005 09:16, Craig Hagerman wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have had lots of problems doing an apt-get dist-upgrade since last
> week. Now my network connection doesn't work. Before the apt-get
> upgrade I was using eth0 to connect to a DSL modem/router while the
> wireless interface (ra0) was disconnected. Now I find out that the
> computer is using ra0, eth0 is inactive and I can't find out why or
> how to activate eth0.
>
> Has there been any recently upgraded packages that would have screwed
> up my network configuration?
>
> When I try to active eth0 (from the GUI admin) it fails saying that it
> is not set up properly. Huh? Everything WAS set up properly a week
> ago.
>
> I can use the internet now via the ra0 interface. Also my webserver is
> running, telnet and sshd are running as normal. However, I cannot
> access these servers from any other machine - not even from the local
> network (from a wireless laptop, using the local ip for access).
>
> I have no idea what happened here or what to try next. I would really
> appreciate any advice for solving this problem.
>
> Craig
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What have you got in /etc/network/interfaces? If this file has become
corrupt, then it might well bitch up your network settings.
--
AJS
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