Re: Major network problems

[Kent West <westk@acu.edu>]

Jon Eisenstein wrote:
> Ever since a power outage this weekend, I have no internet access in my 
> Linux box (which is used as a network router). Even local loopback isn't 
> working. After testing with help from #debian, it seems that ifconfig is 
> acting up. When I try to ifup -v lo, I get the following: ifconfig lo 
> 127.0.0.1 up... ifconfig: only one address allowed for interface 'lo'. 
> Same thing happens for eth0 and eth1, but with the gateway and broadcast 
> lines included as well. After any of these commands, and when I reboot 
> (which usually cleared any problems) ifconfig lists absolutely nothing, 
> and not even ping to localhost will work (connect: invalid argument). 
> Anyone have any ideas?


What does /etc/network/interfaces look like?