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Re: Wireless works, wired doesn't [Debian 6.0.7]



Just catching up on some old emails--although there is probably no reason to 
do so ;-)

On Monday 26 August 2013 12:16:10 am Robert Holtzm wrote:
> On Sun, Aug 25, 2013 at 07:38:55PM -0400, Randy Kramer wrote:
> > 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.
>
> If so, can you account for the fact that I couldn't get eth0 to connect
> until I commented out that line. BTW, that fix came from a forum. I
> disremember which one. A search should bring it up.

No, I can't.  I guess I got confused by some of what is written here--I 
understood that the line was commented out by default...

Doesn't really matter, I hope by now you've solved your problem.

Randy Kramer





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