Re: /etc/network/interfaces

[Mircea Luca <mluca@canada.com>]

"Stephen E. Hargrove" wrote:
> 
> I have the following /etc/network/interfaces:
> 
> auto lo
> iface lo inet loopback
> 
> auto eth0
> iface eth0 inet static
>         address 192.168.2.6
>         netmask 255.255.255.0
>         network 192.168.2.0
>         broadcast 192.168.2.255
>         gateway 192.168.2.1
> 
> At startup, I get the following message:
> 
> Configuring network interfaces: /etc/network/interfaces: option without
> interface
> 
> And, of course, eth0 isn't configured.  Can anyone point out what I'm
> missing here?
> --
> steve

The module for the NIC seems like the most likely candidate.
dmesg | grep eth0
should return something,if not type modconf and try to insert the proper
module
for your NIC.