Re: networking woes + headaches
Hi,
On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 07:36:24AM -0700, jeremy jozwik wrote:
> good morning list, im having some network connection issues that i
> hope i can resolve here without too much pain.
>
> issue 1, im on a laptop and sometimes i forget to plug in my ethernet
> wire. if i connect after login i cannot browse the internet. the
> network connection lists eth1 as idle and sometimes send/receive but
> no webpages will load. so, what is the equivalent of fedoras ./service
> network restart [bash: ./service: No such file or directory] in
> debian?
>
> along with that, how the heck do i connect to a wifi!!
> if /finally/ got my wifi light to activate and the device is listed in
> ifconfig, wifiradar also sees a few wireless networks in range but i
> see no connection button. how does one go about latching onto a
> signal? im sure it is something massively simple that i am
> overlooking.
>
> thanks anyone who helps!
Use wicd or network-manager if you need such functionality
convieniently. But I recommend you to lean basic hard ways too.
Start reading from here.
http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-reference/ch05.en.html#_the_network_configuration_for_desktop
Osamu
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