on Sat, Nov 15, 2003 at 08:05:55AM -0500, Ed and Pat Reilly ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
HI, I have setup debian on my pc along with windows 98 se. I've had redhat and suse before and they recognized my cable connection and set it up. How can I get debian to recognize my internet connection?
Very likely your cable modem/gateway uses DHCP to provide internal network addresses. You'll need to install a dhcp client -- dhcp-client should work, though there are several others packaged for Debian.
Then edit /etc/network/interfaces so it looks something like this: # /etc/network/interfaces -- configuration file for ifup(8), ifdown(8)
# The loopback interface # automatically added when upgrading auto lo iface lo inet loopback
# The first network card - this entry was created during the Debian installation
# (network, broadcast and gateway are optional)
# automatically added when upgrading
auto eth0
iface eth0 inet dhcp
#iface eth0 inet static
# address 192.168.123.2
# netmask 255.255.255.0
# gateway 192.168.123.1
This tells your system to use dhcp on your ethernet card labeled "eth0" (which is a standard nickname for the first nic found in the box).
Now you need to restart networking, either by rebooting, or by running:
/etc/init.d/networking stop
followed by
/etc/init.d/networking start
(You could theoretically use "/etc/init.d/networking restart", but the separate steps work better in my experience.)
Now you should be able to ping, ftp, telnet, browse the web, check email, etc.
-- Kent
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