Re: Debian Newbie Question on Network Config

[Kent West <westk@acu.edu>]

Alberto Tobias wrote:

> > /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
>
>  
Add the module "tulip" to /etc/modules, like this:

> # /etc/modules: kernel modules to load at boot time.
> #
> # This file should contain the names of kernel modules that are
> # to be loaded at boot time, one per line.  Comments begin with
> # a #, and everything on the line after them are ignored.
> tulip
> via82cxxx_audio
> visor


and edit /etc/network/interfaces, something like this:

> # /etc/network/interfaces -- configuration file for ifup(8), ifdown(8)
>
> # The loopback interface
> # automatically added when upgrading
> auto lo
> iface lo inet loopback
>
> # The first network card - this entry was created during the Debian 
> installation
> # (network, broadcast and gateway are optional)
> # automatically added when upgrading
> auto eth0
> #iface eth0 inet static
> #       address 192.168.123.2
> #       netmask 255.255.255.0
> #       network 192.168.123.0
> #       broadcast 192.168.123.255
> #       gateway 192.168.123.1
>
> iface eth0 inet dhcp