Alan Chandler wrote: >On Tuesday 14 June 2005 22:55, Kent West wrote: > > >>I'm coming into the middle of this thread, so I may be heading the wrong >>direction. What does your "/etc/network/interfaces" file contain? >> >> ># The loopback network interface >auto lo >iface lo inet loopback > ># The primary network interface >auto eth0 >iface eth0 inet dhcp > > Not remembering the context, I've gone back to look at the archives for pertinent info:
> > If I use either a static or dhcp iface stanza in > /etc/network/interfaces it fails. > > Here is the output from the dhcp version. > --------------------------------------------- > > Internet Software Consortium DHCP Client 2.0pl5 > Copyright 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999 The Internet Software Consortium. > All rights reserved. > > Please contribute if you find this software useful. > For info, please visit http://www.isc.org/dhcp-contrib.html > > sit0: unknown hardware address type 776 > sit0: unknown hardware address type 776 > Listening on LPF/eth0/00:50:da:cf:a5:06 > Sending on LPF/eth0/00:50:da:cf:a5:06 > Sending on Socket/fallback/fallback-net > DHCPREQUEST on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 > DHCPACK from 192.168.0.20 > SIOCSIFADDR: File exists > bound to 192.168.0.21 -- renewal in 10800 seconds. > RTNETLINK answers: Cannot assign requested address >On Tuesday 14 June 2005 15:14, Meni Shapiro wrote: >> Try: >> #mii-tool > >Says > No MII transceiver present!. > >the 3C59x module is loaded (my 3com NIC). Since even after the strange >problems of getting the wrong IP address I can still do things like browse >the web, then I assume it is basically working > > Whoa! So your network is working? What's the output of "ifconfig"? What's the output of "lspci -v"? What's the output of "/etc/init.d/networking restart"? -- Kent West Technology Support /A/bilene /C/hristian /U/niversity -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
