LAN problem with Etch
When I installed the Gkrellmip plugin on Etch, I find that it's displaying
dispaying an IP address 169.254.187.86. The correct address for the machine
is 192.168.0.8. According to a FAQ on the IANA site this IP address is used
when an IP address can't be found. I can use FTP, and SSH from the other
machine using 192.168.0.8, and can connect with no problems.
KDE's info for network interfaces shows 3 entries.
eth0 169.254.187.86 255.255.0.0 Broadcast Up 00:40:f4:93:28:f5
eth0 192.168.0.8 255.255.255.0 Broadcast Up 00:40:f4:93:28:f5
lo 127.0.0.1 255.0.0.0 Loopback Up 00:00:00:00:00:00
I tried to fix this problem using KDE's control centre/Internet &
Network/Network Settings, after already having tried to correct the problem
using ifconfig directly, but have made things worse. Now I can access the
Internet with KDE's Konsole, Opera, and Firefox, but Konqueror refuses to
connect. I'm unable to set the gateway address in KDE's Network
Settings/Route. I set it, and apply, but it refuses to be set.
What has happened to base-config? It is still on Synaptics list on Etch, but
with no available versions. Same thing goes for the Sid repo. I looked on
Etch release notes, bugfixes, and bug # 106875 says network config has been
fixed for base-config 2.75, but base-config doesn't seem to be available for
Etch or Sid.
All I want to do is to reconfigure the network, much as you do when you
originally set it up when installing the OS.
Any suggestions really welcome.
Nigel.
btw. Sarge has the Gkrellmip plugin installed, and is showing the correct IP
address, and base-config is still there on Sarge.
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