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Re: Basic Ethernet config Help Needed



Did you configure the network when installing Debian, if you didn't you
should edit /etc/init.d/network, if you configured the network when
installing (and configured it right) you shouldn't.

Ron

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On Sat, 5 Feb 2000, Abdul Aziz wrote:

> Hi all. Sorry if this is a bit long. I'm running Slink 2.1 (r2) and
> trying to get a 3Com900 ethernet (PCI) card working. I've done the
> following:
> Compiled driver from source (D Becker) and put this 3c90x.o in
> /lib/modules/2.0.36/net
> Added alias eth0 3com90x to /etc/modutils/alias (at the end - is this
> correct?) and ran update-modules.
> 
> Ran insmod 3c90x.o (giving the path; no errors were reported).
> Ran ifconfig eth0  address (I used 192.168.1.1) - ifconfig after this
> seemed to show all OK: it showed both lo and eth0 (bcast 192.168.1.255;
> mask 255.255.255.0).
> 
> Added lines to /etc/hosts ; /etc/networks and /etc/resolv.conf.
> 
> My questions are: do I need to add anything to /etc/init.d/network and
> if so, what? and is there anything else I need to do to get the machine
> to recognize the card at boot?
> I tried using what I've done, and nothing happens - ping 192.168.1.1
> gives network unreachable.
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> 
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