Hi Bill,
In the boot process /etc/init.d/network is run. Here is a sample
from my home machine.
#! /bin/sh
#
#Setup loopback
#
/sbin/ifconfig lo 127.0.0.1
/sbin/route add -net 127.0.0.0
#
# Attach ethernet device
#
/sbin/ifconfig eth0 up
/sbin/ifconfig eth0 patches-place netmask 255.255.255.0
/sbin/route add -net 192.168.1.0 dev eth0
/sbin/route add -host patches-place dev eth0
# /sbin/route add default gw patches-place
# display route table
/bin/netstat -rn
#
#end ethernet setup
As far as auto detecting your ethernet card, I personally am in favor
of compiling into the kernel the actual hardware that I have, and not
loading actual hardware as a module. This seems to work very well for
me.
Hope this works,
LeRoy :-)
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> ^ <
Bill Leach wrote:
>
> I have installed debian hamm (on an EIDE Pentium about a week ago).
> Kernel 2.0.29 (since configured, compiled, and installed a 2.0.30
> kernel).
>
> There are two weird problems that I am experiencing...
>
> The first problem is that the ethernet module is not loading.
> But typing "insmod /lib/modules/2.0.30/net/3c509.o" loads
> the module without error.
>
> An "ifconfig eth0 199.79.129.32 up" works without error.
>
> "route add -net 199.79.129.0" correctly sets up the
> route.
>
> best,
> -bill
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