Re: Problem with network interface

[Russell <rjshaw@iprimus.com.au>]

Søren Rydlund wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I got a little problem with my network interface,
> 
> When I use ifup eth0 the connection is not initialised. When I use ifconfig and route manually i works fine.
> 
> I am using debian 3.0 with kernel 2.4.19.
> 
> My /etc/network/interfaces looks like this;
> 
> auto eth0
> iface eth0 inet static
> adress 192.168.1.41
> netmask 255.255.255.0
> gateway 192.168.1.1
> 
> Can anyone see what the problem is?

Try: /etc/init.d/networking restart

Also, the loopback might have some use:

iface lo inet loopback