Re: before I could ping, now I can't
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>---- Original Message ----
>From: andreimpopescu@gmail.com
>To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
>Subject: Re: before I could ping, now I can't
>Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2008 10:00:38 +0300
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>>On Wed,23.Jul.08, 17:51:02, Vwaju wrote:
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>>> 13 #I added the following lines (following Linux System Admin p.
>13)
>>> 14 #netmask and network are guesses, because ISP RCN won't give
>info
>>> 15 auto-eth0
>>> 16 iface eth0 inet static
>>> 17 address 207.237.37.110
>>> 18 netmask 255.255.255.0
>>> 19 network 207.237.37.0
>>>
>>> ifup eth0 reports:
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>>> /etc/network/interfaces:15: option with empty value
>>> ifup: couldn't read interfaces file "/etc/network/interfaces"
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>>Is this the entire file or did you omit something?
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>>> Because RCN has refused to give me the network IP address,
>netmask,
>>> and gateway, I expect trouble configuring the interface. Any
>advice
>>> you have about this is welcome.
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>>How are you supposed to configure it then, via DHCP? The netmask and
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>>network options are not mandatory, but without a gateway...
>>You could try 207.237.37.1 or .254 for gateway. How did you get it
>to
>>work before?
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>>Regards,
>>Andrei
>>--
>>If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough.
>>(Albert Einstein)
>>
How about configuring the interface for DHCP temporarily. The
protocol with the ISP will then transfer the gateway and network info
which you could then use to reconfigure the interface as static?
Larry
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