On Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 12:27 PM, Joe Riel <j...@san.rr.com> wrote: > On Sun, 13 Feb 2011 19:10:08 +0200 > Andrei Popescu <andreimpope...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On Du, 13 feb 11, 08:39:06, Joe Riel wrote: >> > >> > may be the proper way, however that was unclear. I haven't tried >> > that yet. Is there a recommended method? Is there a Debian howto >> > that recommends what should be done? >> >> Assuming your network is configured via /etc/network/interfaces (you >> didn't mention) then 'ifup' and 'ifdown' is what you are looking for >> AFAIK. > > $ grep -v '^\#' /etc/network/interfaces > > auto lo > iface lo inet loopback > allow-hotplug eth0 > > Should I then do > > sudo ifdown eth0 > sudo ifup etho0 > > Hmm. That doesn't work: > > $ sudo ifdown eth0 > ifdown: interface eth0 not configured > > I haven't done anything in particular to configure my > installation of Squeeze for the local network; just accepted > the defaults.
Your "/etc/network/interfaces" is incorrect. If you're using NM, "allow-hotplug eth0" shouldn't be included. If you're not using NM, "iface eth0 inet dhcp" should be added. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/AANLkTi=mgp1fau7l8ya4unvat5jamydbssjb19wjb...@mail.gmail.com
