Re: Debian Newbie Question on Network Config

["Alberto Tobias" <atr@xs4all.nl>]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joyce, Matthew" <MJoyce@ccia.org.au>
To: "'Alberto Tobias'" <atr@xs4all.nl>; "Debian-User"
<debian-user@lists.debian.org>
Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2003 10:36 PM
Subject: RE: Debian Newbie Question on Network Config


> /etc/network/interfaces
>
> or, alternatively you can install etherconf.
>
> 'apt-get install etherconf'
>
> this will lead you through a prompted setup.
>
>
> Matt


Thanks for the tip!

However, it does noet appear to solve my issue. After reboot I still need to
manually bring up the eth0 interface and configure it.

An "ifconfig -a" only shows the loopback interface. After I do a "modprobe
tulip" the eth0 interface appears as well and I only neede to assign it its
IP address and gateway and everything works again. What can I do to make
this automatic at boot time? Where can I find the error messages (if any)
the system geenrates while booting when it fails to bring up the interface?
I cannot see anything in /var/log/dmesg

Thanks in advance,
Alberto




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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Alberto Tobias [mailto:atr@xs4all.nl]
> Sent: Wednesday, 29 October 2003 8:36 AM
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Subject: Debian Newbie Question on Network Config
>
>
> Hi,
>
> I relatively new to LInux. The last couple of months I have been dabbling
> with some distributions, but right now I am staying with Debian.
>
> I have however one question. I have troubles with my network card. I can
get
> it up and running ok, using the tulip drivers from scyld.org. I can
> configure it, add the default routes etc etc. But I have to do this
> everytime I boot the system, because I don't know where to add the
> configuration so it is set up right when it boots.
>
> Where do I do this? Which startup scripts do I need to change?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Alberto
>
> atr@xs4all.nl
>
>
>