Re: Wireless works, wired doesn't [Debian 6.0.7]
On Sunday 25 August 2013 3:10:43 pm Alexander Kapshuk wrote:
> Thanks for your prompt response.
> The line you suggested commenting out happens to have been commented out by
> default.
I'm not an expert at this stuff, but I believe you need that line--try
uncommenting it.
Assuming eth0 is your internet card (where you plug in your Ethernet cable /
RJ-45 connector, you want that to come up and get an IP address from dhcp.
Randy Kramer
>
> On Aug 25, 2013 8:45 PM, "Robert Holtzm" <holtzm@cox.net> wrote:
> > On Sun, Aug 25, 2013 at 06:27:34PM +0300, Alexander Kapshuk wrote:
> > > Howdy,
> > > Upon starting my PC, wireless networking was found to be working, but
> > > not the wired one.
> > > /var/log/daemon.log says DHCPv4 request timed out. Canceled DHCP
> > > transaction.
> > >
> > > What could be wrong here?
> >
> > I had the same problem. The fix was to comment out the last line in
> > /etc/network/interfaces. Should look like this:
> >
> > # This file describes the network interfaces available on your system
> > # and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5).
> >
> > # The loopback network interface
> > auto lo
> > iface lo inet loopback
> >
> > # The primary network interface
> > allow-hotplug eth0
> > #iface eth0 inet dhcp
> >
> > Note the last line is commented out.
> >
> > HTH
> >
> > --
> > Bob Holtzman
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