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Re: Ethernet problem



Or, if it is not a pppoe (PPP-over-ethernet) dsl modem, and you are not getting dhcp addressing, you will need to set your IP address statically.

To do this, edit the file /etc/network/interfaces with nano or another editor by typing:

# nano /etc/network/interfaces

as root. You can comment out what is there with the # character at the start of each line and add some lines at the end similar to:

####
auto lo eth0

iface lo inet loopback

iface eth0 inet static
       address xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
       netmask xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
       broadcast xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
       gateway xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
####

Where you can replace xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx with the appropriate addresses for each line which you should get from your ISP. You may not need to specify a broadcast address, in which case you may skip that line.

The "auto lo eth0" line tells the system to startup the local loopback interface ("lo") and your network card ("eth0") at boot.

The "iface lo inet loopback" defines the "lo" interface.

The "iface eth0..." and the rest define the eth0 interface which is your network card.

If your PC is connected to a DSL-router instead of a dsl-modem, you may have DHCP, but it sounds like that is not the case.

Hope this helps ya,

Nicholas P. Mueller

On Dec 19, 2005, at 5:24 PM, rainer herrendoerfer wrote:

Jens Schwarze schrieb:

Ok the module loaded correctly and works.

The PC is only connected to a DSL-modem so there is no dhcp server

What do I have to do now?


As root type

# pppoeconf

and follow the instructions.

Ciao
Rainer


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