Re: Newbie Question
On Tue, Apr 03, 2001 at 06:22:24AM -0700, Rick Commo wrote:
> >>All is ok until I get to where I specify the APT configuration. Although
> >>my system is connected via a LAN to a cable modem, any attempt to ftp,
> >>telnet, or ping anything besides 'localhost' results in 'Network is
> >>unreachable'.
>
> It looks like your network card is not configured. Here's an outline of how
> to get go about configuring it.
>
> ----------------------------------------------------
> Installing the driver for the D-Link DFE350-TX+ card
> and assign it to "eth0"
> ----------------------------------------------------
> (1) add "alias eth0 rtl8139" to /etc/modules.conf
> (look at the file first for instructions on how to do this)
>
> (2) insmod rtl8139
>
>
> ---------------------------------------
> configure eth0 for static IP addressing
> ---------------------------------------
> (1) edit /etc/network/interfaces to include
> auto et0
> iface eth0 inet static
> address xxx.yyy.zzz.***
> netmask 255.255.255.0
> network xxx.yyy.zzz.0
> broadcast xxx.yyy.zzz.255
> gateway xxx.yyy.zzz.1
>
> (2) edit or create /etc/resolv.conf to include
> search vz.dsl.genuity.net dsl.genuity.net genuity.net
> nameserver 4.2.2.1
> nameserver 4.2.2.2
> nameserver 4.2.2.3
>
> (3) ifconfig eth0 up
>
>
> PLEASE NOTE the following
>
> (1) This is shown for my Network card which is a D-Link DFE350-TX+.
> You will need to use the driver module for your card in place of rtl8139
>
> (2) I have shown static IP configuration. If your ISP requires that you use
> DHCP then I *think* the lines for /etc/network/interfaces would be
> auto eth0
> iface wth0 inet dhcp
> Otherwise you must supply information for all the static IP addresses
> and masks for your situation
>
> (3) I believe that /etc/resolv will be properly filled out by the system
> of you are using DHCP, otherwise you must supply the correct into.
>
>
> When you are done with all this, reboot your system. When it is up log in
> as root and do "lsmod" to see if your NIC driver is loaded. If it is then
> do "ifconfig". It should list out two blocks of text, one for localhost and
> one for eth0.
>
> The commands:
> ifconfig eth0 up (or "ifup eth0")
> ifconfig eth0 down (or "ifdown eth0)
> are use to shutdown and bring up the network for the interface eth0. When
> it is brought up I believe that it loads any new configuration information.
>
> I am a newbie to Debian myself, but I think this will get you going. Hope
> this helps.
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