On Mon, 2003-03-03 at 13:25, David Z Maze wrote: > Hmm. Is there anything informative in /etc/network/interfaces (the > "normal" place for network settings under Debian)? You also might try > running your DHCP client by hand, and seeing if that works. Also, > check that your kernel configuration includes a driver for your > network card. I think the "Socket Filtering" option (CONFIG_FILTER) > is also required to use DHCP, even though that's not obvious from > anything in the kernel configuration.
/etc/network/interfaces includes (in addition to comments): auto lo iface lo inet loopback auto eth0 iface eth0 inet dhcp Running dhclient manually returns to a prompt, then ifconfig shows eth0 with no IP address. Lastly, I checked and the EtherExpress100 driver was enabled, but Socket Filtering was not. I enabled Socket Filtering, and rebuilt the package, and networking is indeed working now. I agree, it's not so intuitive (to a networking newbie) that Socket Filtering is needed for DHCP, but this did fix things. Thanks. Can you explain why the kernel will only compile successfully when I tell the config file I want SMP? Otherwise it dies with errors during compile... Thanks for your help, Bret -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
