Re: eth0 down after upgrade
On 22:38 Tue 11 Oct , Craig Hagerman wrote:
> On 10/11/05, Tobias Krais <tuxmail-spam@bats.ch> wrote:
> > sounds interesting, but please tell me more. One hint in advance. Use
> > the new driver for your Ralink wireless card. Then ra0 changes to eth1.
> > Now, please paste /etc/network/interfaces.
>
> The Ralink driver is already the newest. (Hasn't been updated since
> sometime in 2004)
>
> /etc/network/interfaces -->
> ...........................................................................................
> ########## The loopback network interface ###
> auto lo
> iface lo inet loopback
>
> ########### The primary network interface ###
>
> #iface eth0 inet dhcp
> iface eth0 inet static
> address 220.42.128.76
> netmask 255.255.252.0
> gateway 220.42.131.254
>
> ########### The wireless network interface ###
>
> iface ra0 inet dhcp
> wireless-essid YahooBB
>
> auto ra0
> ...........................................................................................
>
> NOTE - Until recently I had only the "dhcp" line in the above. I
> rebooted into windows, did an ipconfig and then entered that exact
> information in (above) as static ip information. (Yeah, I know the
> netmask is non-standard and the gateway is 131 instead of 128 ... but
> that is what the working configuation under windows displayed.)
>
> Also, I added the line "auto eth0" to the above, but after a restart
> it has disappeared.
>
> > Do you use a router or just a DSL modem?
>
> It is a DSL modem with both wireless and ethernet. No separate router.
>
> > Can you manually start your eth0 device? Try (supposing your network is
> > 192.168.1.0:
> > ifconfig ra0 down
> > ifconfig eth0 192.168.1.5 up
> > route add default gw 192.168.1.1 and then ping your router.
>
> Nope. This didn't work.
>
> I have tried:
> ifconfig eth0 up
> /etc/init.d/networking restart
>
> I have tried to activate / deactivate either of the eth0 or ra0
> interfaces via the GUI. I have rebooted a few times as well. Nothing
> has had any effect other than sometimes turning OFF the wireless.
>
edit your /etc/network/interfaces to use dhcp this will reset
/etc/resolv.conf and get your interfaces up
auto eth0
iface eth0 inet dhcp
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