On Sat, 2007-01-27 at 00:48 +0000, Michael Fothergill wrote: > > > >From: Andrew Sackville-West <andrew@farwestbilliards.com> > >To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > >Subject: Re: getting broadband working on my new AMD64 box.... > >Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2007 16:33:47 -0800 > > > >On Sat, Jan 27, 2007 at 12:20:48AM +0000, Michael Fothergill wrote: > > > Dear Debianists, > > > > > > I have now installed Etch AMD64 RC1 successfully on my new AMD64 box. > > > The only problem I have is that the internet connection isn't working. > > > > > > My old box is an AMD Duron 1200 Mhz 32 bit machine which is running Etch > > > i386. The internet connection works fine on it. > > > > > > I use NTL broadband cable. > > > >what is NTL? is that a provider? > > Yes it is. > > > > > > I have used the old box to help me get information about my internet > > > connection. > > > > > > If you look in the network tools window you get information for eth0 > > > > > > IP address. > > > > > > It is 86.22.11.90 and this is NTL. > > > > > > I checked with the whoami tool. > > > > > > I also looked in the network configuration box in the network admin > > > icon. I found that the DNS server numbers for NTL are 194.168.4.100 and > > > 194.168.8.100. > > > > > > >[snip ifconfig output.] > > > > > > >Probably you need something like > > > >auto eth0 > >iface eth0 inet dhcp > > I will try this. Thanks. > > P. S. Sorry for replying to your personal email address and not the list. It is important you power cycle the cable-modem. Exceptionally important. -- greg@gregfolkert.net Novell's Directory Services is a competitive product to Microsoft's Active Directory in much the same way that the Saturn V is a competitive product to those dinky little model rockets that kids light off down at the playfield. -- Thane Walkup
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