Re: LAN problem with Etch
On Sunday 10 December 2006 20:45, you wrote:
> What says "ifconfig -a" and "netstat -nr"?
> What is the content of your "/etc/network/interfaces"?
> Are you running a dhcp client without a dhcp server in your network?
> Regards
/etc/network/interfaces as below. This was set up when I installed Woody,
which has been pregressively upgraded to Etch.
# The first network card - this entry was created during the Debian
installation
# (network, broadcast, and gateway are optional)
auto eth0
iface eth0 inet static
address 192.168.0.8
netmask 255.255.255.0
network 192.168.0.0
broadcast 192.168.0.255
gateway 192.168.0.1
Ifconfig -a below.
debian:/home/djmons# ifconfig -a
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:40:F4:93:28:F5
inet addr:169.254.187.86 Bcast:169.254.255.255 Mask:255.255.0.0
inet6 addr: fe80::240:f4ff:fe93:28f5/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:851 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:1003 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:1 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:820364 (801.1 KiB) TX bytes:85106 (83.1 KiB)
Interrupt:11 Base address:0xe000
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:224 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:224 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:18708 (18.2 KiB) TX bytes:18708 (18.2 KiB)
sit0 Link encap:IPv6-in-IPv4
NOARP MTU:1480 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
Netstat -nr below.
debian:/home/djmons# netstat -nr
Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags MSS Window irtt Iface
192.168.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth0
169.254.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.0.0 U 0 0 0 eth0
0.0.0.0 192.168.0.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth0
debian:/home/djmons#
No DHCP client, and the Smoothwall firewall is set up to use static addresses
for the 2 machines and the various distros that run on them on the LAN.
The only distro I'm having this problem with is Etch. FC1,2,3,4, and 5 are ok.
Slackware 10.0 is ok, and also Gentoo, and Kubuntu.
Of course it would help if base-config was still available, as that bug fix
has made it possible to setup the network again, as when you install for the
first time. I'm not against working on the CLI, as long as I know what I'm
supposed to be doing.
the NIC driver 8139too is being loaded early in the bootup sequence, and the
network is being brought up some time later.
Over to you.
Nigel.
>
> On 12/10/06, Nigel Henry <cave.dnb@tiscali.fr> wrote:
> > 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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