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Re: Have Netgear FA310TX eth0 card/trying to set apt source



On Thu, Jul 04, 2002 at 01:15:33PM -0600, Sivea Key wrote:
> Thanks, it's loaded and now I have a problem with dhcp not working. I assume
> that is because the network card driver wasn't installed so the os can't use
> that interface to set up the network configurations yet. So, I am manually
> configuring the network but would like to switch to dhcp (using a linksys
> BEFSR81cable router/switch with NAT) when I reboot. Suggestions?
> 

Check out /etc/network/interfaces.

Should have this:
auto eth0
iface eth0 inet dhcp

Try adding:

"tulip" to /etc/modules

Do you have a dhcp client installed? Such as dhcp-client or pump.

Also you can always restart the network interfaces by doing:

# /etc/init.d/networking restart



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