On 2002.10.09 21:28 Shyamal Prasad wrote:
You certainly should not have to. Look in the
/boot/config-2.4.19{-arch} file. There is a section that looks like
this (form 2.4.18-k7)
#
# Networking options
#
CONFIG_PACKET=m
CONFIG_PACKET_MMAP=y
CONFIG_NETLINK_DEV=m
CONFIG_NETFILTER=y
# CONFIG_NETFILTER_DEBUG is not set
CONFIG_FILTER=y
These values are all set in the config file installed with the kernel-image package.
In this case the CONFIG_PACKET option indicates a module. Make sure you have 'af_packet' listed in /etc/modules to get it loaded at boot.
I rebooted and did an lsmod and saw af_packet was installed. I typed ifconfig and it only listed the loopback interface. I did "ifup eth0" and it said the connection was already configured. So, I finally did "ifdown eth0" and then "ifup eth0" and the connection came up! Rebooting, I had to go through the same steps to get the interface online. Any ideas on that?
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