On Tue, Apr 03, 2001 at 06:22:24AM -0700, Rick Commo wrote: > >>All is ok until I get to where I specify the APT configuration. Although > >>my system is connected via a LAN to a cable modem, any attempt to ftp, > >>telnet, or ping anything besides 'localhost' results in 'Network is > >>unreachable'. > > It looks like your network card is not configured. Here's an outline of how > to get go about configuring it. > > ---------------------------------------------------- > Installing the driver for the D-Link DFE350-TX+ card > and assign it to "eth0" > ---------------------------------------------------- > (1) add "alias eth0 rtl8139" to /etc/modules.conf > (look at the file first for instructions on how to do this) > > (2) insmod rtl8139 > > > --------------------------------------- > configure eth0 for static IP addressing > --------------------------------------- > (1) edit /etc/network/interfaces to include > auto et0 > iface eth0 inet static > address xxx.yyy.zzz.*** > netmask 255.255.255.0 > network xxx.yyy.zzz.0 > broadcast xxx.yyy.zzz.255 > gateway xxx.yyy.zzz.1 > > (2) edit or create /etc/resolv.conf to include > search vz.dsl.genuity.net dsl.genuity.net genuity.net > nameserver 4.2.2.1 > nameserver 4.2.2.2 > nameserver 4.2.2.3 > > (3) ifconfig eth0 up > > > PLEASE NOTE the following > > (1) This is shown for my Network card which is a D-Link DFE350-TX+. > You will need to use the driver module for your card in place of rtl8139 > > (2) I have shown static IP configuration. If your ISP requires that you use > DHCP then I *think* the lines for /etc/network/interfaces would be > auto eth0 > iface wth0 inet dhcp > Otherwise you must supply information for all the static IP addresses > and masks for your situation > > (3) I believe that /etc/resolv will be properly filled out by the system > of you are using DHCP, otherwise you must supply the correct into. > > > When you are done with all this, reboot your system. When it is up log in > as root and do "lsmod" to see if your NIC driver is loaded. If it is then > do "ifconfig". It should list out two blocks of text, one for localhost and > one for eth0. > > The commands: > ifconfig eth0 up (or "ifup eth0") > ifconfig eth0 down (or "ifdown eth0) > are use to shutdown and bring up the network for the interface eth0. When > it is brought up I believe that it loads any new configuration information. > > I am a newbie to Debian myself, but I think this will get you going. Hope > this helps.
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