On Thu, May 15, 2003 at 07:06:29PM -0700, Piero wrote: > Gee Law wrote: > >whoops...should've gone to list... > > > >On Thu, May 15, 2003 at 03:35:45PM -0700, Piero Caracciolo wrote: > > > >>I have two ethernet cards, a D-Link DFE-530TX and a Broadcom 440x > >>(integrated in my Asus motherboard). Debian 3.0 semms to detect at least > >>one of them (I think the D-Link). Here are a few lines from dmesg: > >> > >> > >>>pcnet32.c: PCI bios is present, checking for devices... > >>>via-rhine.c:v1.08b-LK1.0.1 12/14/2000 Written by Donald Becker > >>>http://www.scyld.com/network/via-rhine.html > >>>eth0: VIA VT6102 Rhine-II at 0xb800, 00:05:5d:aa:3b:e0, IRQ 0. > >>>eth0: MII PHY found at address 8, status 0x782d advertising 05e1 Link > >>>45e1. ... > >>This shows that interface eth0 is not really detected. > >>Has anyboy got an idea? > >> > >>Should eth0 be in /dev ? > > > > > >You need to edit /etc/network/interfaces. Here's mine: > > > ># /etc/network/interfaces -- configuration file for ifup(8), ifdown(8) > > > ># The loopback interface > >auto lo > >iface lo inet loopback > > > ># The first network card - this entry was created during the Debian > >installation# (network, broadcast and gateway are optional) > >auto eth0 eth1 > >iface eth0 inet static > > address 129.31.25.22 > > netmask 255.255.255.0 > > broadcast 129.31.25.255 > > gateway 129.31.25.1 > > > >iface eth1 inet static > > address 192.168.0.2 > > netmask 255.255.255.0 > > broadcast 192.168.0.255 > > > > > >Check out man interfaces for more info. > > > > Thanks, it sounds reassuring. I cannot give static address, though, > since they schould be obatained dynamically through DHCP: my computer is > connected to a Router-Switch that contains an embedded DHCP server. The > thing is that, in order to install a dhcp client, I need to have a > working eth interface (I believe). > If you can tell me something more, it will be welcomed. Install a DHCP client from the CD (or download it with a Windows machine): apt-get install dhcp3-client The rest is easy: # /etc/network/interfaces -- configuration file for ifup(8), ifdown(8) # The loopback interface auto lo eth0 iface lo inet loopback iface eth0 inet dhcp -- Gee Law, gee(at)cromulent(dot)org(dot)uk www.dizzyduck.uklinux.net [GPG key]
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