On Tue, 2002-04-16 at 04:56, Ryan Jordan wrote: If the net card is properly installed, check the /etc/network/interfaces file and see if it looks somthing like this:
auto lo iface lo inet loopback auto eth0 iface eth0 inet dhcp If you later want to configure the pc with static ip, just comment out the secend line with eth0 and replace it with: iface eth0 inet static address x.x.x.x netmask x.x.x.x network x.x.x.x gateway x.x.x.x broadcast x.x.x.x /ernst > Hello all, > > After successfully rebuilding my kernel for the first > time (yay!), Everything seems to be in order. Sound > workds, X works, and I was able to compile and install > my NVIDIA drivers without a hitch. However, I can't > get on the network at all (well, this may not be true. > I don't use the local network for anything except > internet, haven't bothered with samba yet. other > computer runs WinME). I made sure to configure the > proper modules (heck, I can't remember for sure but I > might have put it straight in the kernel... probably a > module), they're the same ones I used when I did my > net-inst of debian. > > BTW i upgraded from kernel 2.2.20 to 2.4.18 going by > source code, in case this adds any complications. > > Anyway, I need to know how to reconfigure my network > settings with DHCP/BOOTP. If I could get back to that > nifty-keen setup tool used at installation that would > be nice (I already tried base-config, not what I'm > looking for). If there's some other way that works, > fill me in. As always, more information available upon > request (although I am still semi-newbie to linux and > might need instructions on how to get that info). > > Thanks, > Ryan > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Tax Center - online filing with TurboTax > http://taxes.yahoo.com/ > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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