Re: Configuring ethernet tap on a new Debian install
On 6/2/2010 10:41 AM, Peter Tenenbaum wrote:
> I just finished building a new computer around the Intel DH55TC
> motherboard. I would like to configure the computer to use DHCP via its
> built-in ethernet tap, but the ethernet was not detected or configured
> on installation. There is no eth0 entry in /etc/network/interfaces, no
> eth0 entry displayed by ifconfig, no dhcpd.conf file is present, and
> dhcpd is not listed in inetd.conf.
>
> I suspect that the problem is that the motherboard is so new that it's
> not supported in the 2.6.26 version of the kernel: when I looked at the
> Intel webpage relevant to the
> board, http://www.intel.com/support/motherboards/desktop/dh55tc/sb/CS-031186.htm,
> it suggests that a LAN driver may be needed for Linux, and I infer from
> their table of information that this is more likely to be the case for
> kernel versions prior to about 2.6.31.
>
> So what I think I need to do is the following:
>
> 1. Download and install the LAN driver
> 2. Manually configure the system so that it recognizes the Ethernet tap
> 3. Add eth0 to /etc/network/interfaces
> 4. add a dhcpd.conf file
> 5. add dhcpd to inetd.conf.
>
> Does that sound about right, or is the reality simpler / less simple
> than that?
>
> Assuming I've got it right: how do I accomplish step 2?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> -PT
What is your current kernel version? An update might solve the issue.
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