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Re: problem networking after a reboot



Pollywog <pollywog@shadypond.com> writes:

> I installed Debian 2.0 to a ThinkPad, and each time I reboot the machine, the
> network card will not work until I do:
> 
> /etc/init.d/network start
> 
> It works after that.  Should I edit the script and give my interfaces and
> routes expicitly or is there a better way to get things working when I reboot,
> without having to enter the above command?

Quoted from an earlier email to this list:
Pollywog <pollywog@shadypond.com> writes:
> On 24-Feb-99 Mark Ciciretti wrote:
> > Try running '/etc/init.d/network start' after the PCMCIA services
> > are started.  IIRC this is what I had to do when I installed Debian on a
> > friend's laptop.
> > 
> 
> ummm.. I am not sure, but I think that worked.  I am pinging the laptop from
> here now and it did not work before.  I think that did it.

The "proper" way to do this, by the way, is to put all of the info for your 
network into /etc/pcmcia/network.opts.  The advantage of doing it that way
is the network will automatically get started when you plug the card in and 
stopped when you pop it out.

Later,
	Dale

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