Re: No Internet Connection (DHCP)
I finally got my entire home lan on the internet.
For me the crucial steps were getting the dhcp.conf file figured out,
having the correct /etc/network/interfaces file, and then the rest was
shockingly easy if I had just known to do it first. That is, to get the
linux box "server" online I just had to apt-get install dhcpcd (note the
extra 'c'). Then to get the rest of my lan online I just had to apt-get
install ipmasq . Everything configured itself automatically it seemed.
I spent days trying to learn all about dhcp and masquerading and really
I was just two commands away from Internet Connection Sharing bliss all
this time. (Getting the dhcp.conf file right is still really tough and
confusing it seems to me. Future readers backtrack in this thread to
see what finally worked for me.)
Now I'm trying to make my HP Laserjet 5L work both on the linux box to
which it is connected, and also with the other computers on the network.
It seems to me right now that understanding how to make the printer
work is more confusing or at least less documented than networking! I
am probably only two commands away from making that work too, but I just
don't know what they are yet.
I've been to linuxprinting.org and have a feeling I should use CUPS.
Right now I have lprng installed and when using gnome-apt (I prefer the
gui interface) it says the cups package will be broken if I install it.
My sources.list includes just the ftp address for stable (potato)
files. I've typed gs -h and seen that the ljet4 driver that I need is
available to me, but just don't understand the process to make the
printer say, print from mozilla when I click the print button. I tried
that for kicks last night and it printed like 50 blank pages, and not
the web page I was on at all.
Printer help anyone?
Steve Juranich wrote:
I just did a fresh install of potato r5 on a new computer and had similar
problems. My problem was that the driver for my NIC (a netgear FA310TX)
seemed to be buggy. I built a new kernel (2.4.18) and was able to connect
(and I moved right to sid).
Did you have any kernel upgrades recently? Or are you (wisely) not allowing
apt to manage your kernel image?
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Electrical Engineering http://students.washington.edu/sjuranic
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