Re: no network connection
On Wednesday 20 August 2008 23:29, Ed Sutter wrote:
> Thanks for the responses!
>
> My /etc/network/interfaces file already has the following:
> > # The loopback network interface
> > auto lo
> > iface lo inet loopback
> >
> > # The primary network interface
> > allow-hotplug eth0
> > iface eth0 inet dhcp
> >
> > auto eth0
>
> I commented out the "auto eth0" line and rebooted.
Don't reboot for network configuration...
> No change.
What is the change you're looking for?
> Then I put "auto eth0" back in and commented out "allow-hotplug eth0".
> Same thing.
>
> Any other thoughts?
Did you read the whole documentation and understand how the ifupdown thing
works?
Also, 'man ifconfig' to see how to check the status of your interfaces.
> Ed
>
> Shachar Or wrote:
> > On Wednesday 20 August 2008 22:46, Sebastian Canagaratna wrote:
> >> Ed Sutter wrote:
> >>> Hi,
> >>> I have Debian 4.0 on a machine now for 2 days.
> >>> Thanks to this list, my screen resolution problem is
> >>> resolved. Next (and hopefully last) problem is that
> >>> each time I boot the system I have to manually enable
> >>> my network connection. When Gnome starts up, I see in
> >>> the top of the screen a small ethernet cable icon with
> >>> a big NOT sign (red circle with a slash
> >>> through it) over top of it. I right-click on that and
> >>> a pull-down menu allows me to enable my wired network.
> >>> Then everything is fine.
> >>>
> >>> How can I fix this so that the network just comes up automatically?
> >>> Couldn't find anything on this in the archives or in the GUI.
> >>>
> >>> Thanks
> >>> Ed
> >>
> >> Hi:
> >> You should have a files /etc/network/interfaces
> >>
> >> which should have something like:
> >>
> >> auto lo
> >> iface lo inet loopback
> >>
> >>
> >> allow-hotplug eth0
> >>
> >> iface eth0 inet dhcp
> >>
> >> auto eth0
> >
> > There's no point in having both allow-hotplug and auto.
> >
> >> *****
> >>
> >> try it with and without the auto eth0. I am assuming the eth0 is your
> >> wired network: it may be eth1, or eth3 for you. I am also assuming you
> >> are using dhcp.
> >>
> >>
> >> man interfaces will give you more information.
> >>
> >> Sebastian Canagaratna
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