question

Wed Mar 20 09:47:46 EST 2002

Hi again Igor,

The iface line has to be set up depending on how you want to assign
eth0 an address:

iface eth0 inet dhcp     # this wil use dhcp to set up the interface

# or

iface eth0 inet static	#this is for a static address

If you use dhcp and allow pump to configure the interface, it should
set up the gateway for you.  Otherwise, if you need to use the gateway
line, it doesn't have eth0 on it.  It should just read:

gateway 192.168.0.1

William

On Tue, Mar 19, 2002 at 06:35:41PM -0500, Igor Gueths wrote:
> Hi William. When I tried to add eth0 to /etc/network interfaces, I got the following error:
> /etc/network/interfaces: Too few parameters for line iface.
> 
> This is the way eth0 is listed:
> auto eth0
> iface eth0
> eth0 gateway 192.168.0.1
> 
> This is the address for my internal gateway. I tried doing man /etc/network/interfaces, but my file was displayed. Does anyone know which parameters I have to add on the iface line? Thanks in advance! 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: William Hubbs <kc5eiv at kc5eiv.ddts.net>
> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2002 3:25 PM
> Subject: Re: question
> 
> 
> > Hello Igor,
> > 
> > I'm not sure which distro you are using, but if you are using Debian,
> > you just set up the interface definition as follows in
> > /etc/network/interfaces:
> > 
> > 
> > # /etc/network/interfaces -- configuration file for ifup(8), ifdown(8)
> > 
> > # The loopback interface
> > auto lo
> > iface lo inet loopback
> > 
> > # The first network card - this entry was created during the Debian installation
> > # (network, broadcast and gateway are optional)
> > auto eth0
> > iface eth0 inet dhcp
> > 
> > # end of setup.
> > 
> > then as root type these commands:
> > 
> > ifdown eth0
> > ifup eth0
> > 
> > At that point, pump should configure the interface and also create a
> > /etc/resolv.conf.
> > 
> > William
> > 
> > On Tue, Mar 19, 2002 at 02:33:34PM -0500, Igor Gueths wrote:
> > > Hi Victor. I have network access. There are two things that I don't have as of yet. 1 of them is Dns, and the other is I don't have it set to configure the interfaces with pump on start-up. Does anyone know how I could go about doing this? Thanks!
> > > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > > From: Victor Tsaran <tsar at sylaba.poznan.pl>
> > > To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
> > > Sent: Monday, March 18, 2002 9:15 PM
> > > Subject: Re: question 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > > Hi, Igor!
> > > > Loopback interface will work regardless of whether your physical network
> > > > card working or not. Loopback interface, 127.0.0.1, is present in Linux by
> > > > default. So your card is not working properly if it is not detected by
> > > > ifconfig.
> > > > Vic
> > > > 
> > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > From: "Igor Gueths" <igueths at yahoo.com>
> > > > To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
> > > > Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2002 12:24 AM
> > > > Subject: Re: question
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > > Hi Victer. The card is actually recognized, and the
> > > > > module seems to load fine. In fact, when I do
> > > > > ifconfig, I get status messages. Something like this:
> > > > > Loopback=127.0.0.1. Netmask=255.255.0.0. Mtu=16300.
> > > > > Then it goes on to display packet stats. At least I
> > > > > got an mtu reading that wasn't 0, so I believe that
> > > > > this could indicate that the interface is functioning.
> > > > > Is this so? By the way, to answer your question on the
> > > > > SMC cards, I actually have a Linksys card that uses
> > > > > the tulip module.
> > > > > What I'm planning to do something like ifconfig eth0
> > > > > -dhcp to configure the interface based on dhcp. Also,
> > > > > sorry for the long response time, its just that mail
> > > > > over here was down for about two days, and its back
> > > > > up. -I have also noticed an interesting atribute in
> > > > > kernel 2.4.18. Every time -I press the del key,
> > > > > dec-talk says numlock on. COuld this have to do with
> > > > > an incorrect keymap being loaded at boot time? Thanks
> > > > > in advance!- Victor Tsaran <tsar at sylaba.poznan.pl>
> > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > Hi, Igor!
> > > > > > Is there a possibility that your netcard module
> > > > > > conflicts with another
> > > > > > module which kicks it out? Can you do a full "dmesg"
> > > > > > trace and see what
> > > > > > happens there? Also, if I remember correctly,
> > > > > > tulip.o module was for SMC
> > > > > > cards, right? If yes, then I think there was some
> > > > > > update to that module last
> > > > > > year. But that might not apply to you since you are
> > > > > > using the newest kernel,
> > > > > > is that so?
> > > > > > Also, I think that your card might be recognized by
> > > > > > the hardware detection
> > > > > > tool, but the module itself does not load. Perhaps
> > > > > > you should check your
> > > > > > /etc/modules.conf or edit your /etc/rc.d/rc.local to
> > > > > > have your module load
> > > > > > at startup.
> > > > > > Vic
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
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