Re: really dumb question

[steef <steefvanduin@zonnet.nl>]

Joe Hart wrote:
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> > steef@debian-etch:~$ sudo ifconfig -a
> > eth0      Link encap:UNSPEC  HWaddr
> > 00-11-D8-00-00-B0-E9-2F-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00
> >          BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  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:1000
> >          RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
> >
> > eth1      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:17:31:AA:03:D8
> >          BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  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:1000
> >          RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
> >          Interrupt:225 Base address:0xa000
> >
> > eth2      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:80:5A:60:08:E7
> >          BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  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:1000
> >          RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
> >          Interrupt:50 Base address:0xce00
> >
> > 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:38 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
> >          TX packets:38 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
> >          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
> >          RX bytes:2636 (2.5 KiB)  TX bytes:2636 (2.5 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)
> >
> >
> > and:steef@debian-etch:~$ dmesg | grep RTL
> > eth1: RealTek RTL8139 at 0xce00, 00:80:5a:60:08:e7, IRQ 50
> > eth1:  Identified 8139 chip type 'RTL-8100B/8139D'
> >     
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> The above is saying you don't have ip addresses assigned to ether card,
> which is why you have no internet.  You should modify
> /etc/network/interfaces to tell your cards to either use dhcp or give it
> a static address.
>
> man interfaces should give you all the information you need on how to
> configure it.
>
> Joe
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thanks, joe. that is a method i' ll try out too tonight.


thanks for your answer,

regards,
steef