Re: Newbie question: DHCP set up
Folks,
Many many thanks! A very big "duh" from me. I was relying on doing the
change from the console when exploring the menus in the GUI, I see
Network Settings... I changed them to Automatic and just to be on the
safe side did # /etc/init.d/networking restart.
Many thanks again. I hope as I learn more about Debian, Linux and KDE,
I can contribute...
Cheers,
Hager
>
> On Friday, 12.11.2004 at 07:50 -0600, Kent West wrote:
>
How do I release it and reconfigure my laptop to capture
> > >an IP? I use cable modem...
> > >
> > As root, type at a command line:
> >
> > # /etc/init.d/networking restart
> >
> > which should work, although with networking, it seems I've had better
> > luck with:
> >
> > # /etc/init.d/networking stop
> > # /etc/init.d/networking start
> >
> > Neither of these should be necessary, as when you booted into Debian the
> > necessary functions of these scripts should have automatically taken
> > place. So I wonder if your network is configured for static instead of
> > DHCP. You can configure DHCP vs static in /etc/networking/interfaces.
> > The command "man interfaces" will provide more info if you need it.
>
> You may wish to try:
>
> dpkg-reconfigure etherconf
>
> (or install that package if you don't have it)
>
> # apt-cache show etherconf
> ...
> Etherconf is a debconf-based interface for configuring Ethernet devices
> on your system. It supports both manual and DHCP-based configurations.
>
> It will ask questions about your network setup and write the files
> /etc/networking/interfaces and /etc/resolv.conf etc. automatically.
> Very useful. And I think this is The Debian Way To Do It.
>
> Dave.
> - --
> Dave Ewart - davee@sungate.co.uk - jabber: davee@jabber.org
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