Re: dial-up to ethernet

[Kent West <westk@acu.edu>]

mmissett wrote:

> Kent West said:
>
>  "the appropriate under-the-hood processes 
> take place."
>
>  Well, unfortunately, it didn't quite work out that 
> way.  In fact, ifup would not work at all with 
> /etc/network/interfaces configured like that .  The 
> following is exactly what I did to 
> /etc/network/interfaces:
>
> # iface eth0 inet static
> #	address 192.168.1.1
> #	netmask 255.255.255.0
> #	network 192.168.1.0
> #	broadcast 192.168.1.255
> #	gateway 192.168.1.2
> iface eth0 inet dhcp
>
>  
This (above) is the correct form. You may need to include an "auto eth0" 
in the file, although I _think_ that only tells the boot script whether 
it should be brought up automatically or not. And I think the lo 
interface needs to be up also. So your file probably should look 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
# automatically added when upgrading
auto eth0
#iface eth0 inet static
#    address 192.168.1.1
#    netmask 255.255.255.0
#    network 192.168.1.0
#    broadcast 192.168.1.255
#    gateway 192.168.1.2
iface eth0 inet dhcp


Then I'd probably run "/etc/init.d/networking stop" followed by 
"/etc/init.d/networking start", although you could run "ifup lo" 
followed by "ifup eth0".

Also, I don't remember how your LAN is set up, but you'll of course need 
a DHCP server on your lan; I assume you've already gotten that taken 
care of.

--
Kent