Re: broadband question

2005-05-08 Thread Lee Braiden
On Sunday 08 May 2005 20:17, Peter Klauer wrote: > auto dummy0 > iface dummyo0 inet static > address 192.168.1.10 > netmask 255.255.255.0 > network 192.168.1.0 > broadcast 192.168.1.1 > gateway 192.168.1.1 OK. You still haven't actually said what

Re: broadband question

2005-05-08 Thread Peter Klauer
Lee Braiden wrote: On Sunday 08 May 2005 19:42, Peter Klauer wrote: When I enter "/etc/network/interfaces" either as user or root I get bash: /etc/network/interfaces: Permission denied Yep, /etc/network/interfaces is a text file. By typing it in directly, you're tryi

Re: broadband question

2005-05-08 Thread Pollywog
On Sunday 08 May 2005 06:36 pm, Carl Fink wrote: > On Sun, May 08, 2005 at 10:19:49AM -0700, Peter Klauer wrote: > > I am using a new distro of Debian GNU/Linux i386 "Woody", I'm new to > > Debian and Linux. In the distro install setup I messed up and cannot get > > back into it, can I > > do that

Re: broadband question

2005-05-08 Thread Lee Braiden
On Sunday 08 May 2005 19:42, Peter Klauer wrote: > When I enter "/etc/network/interfaces" either as user or root I get > bash: /etc/network/interfaces: Permission denied Yep, /etc/network/interfaces is a text file. By typing it in directly, you're trying to run it, and it's not marked as being

Re: broadband question

2005-05-08 Thread Peter Klauer
Kent West wrote: Lee Braiden wrote: On Sunday 08 May 2005 17:55, Peter Klauer wrote: I have tried many ways to configure for a connection to my Comcast Broadband service to no avail. ipconfig keeps giving me this: dummy0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:00:00:

Re: broadband question

2005-05-08 Thread Carl Fink
On Sun, May 08, 2005 at 10:19:49AM -0700, Peter Klauer wrote: > I am using a new distro of Debian GNU/Linux i386 "Woody", I'm new to Debian > and Linux. In the distro install setup I messed up and cannot get back > into it, can I > do that with console? Woody is extremely obsolete. Try Sarge.

Re: broadband question

2005-05-08 Thread Kent West
Lee Braiden wrote: >On Sunday 08 May 2005 17:55, Peter Klauer wrote: > > >>I have tried many ways to configure for a connection to my Comcast >>Broadband service to no avail. >> >>ipconfig keeps giving me this: >>dummy0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:00:00:00:00:00 >>... >> >>This means nothi

Re: broadband question

2005-05-08 Thread Peter Klauer
Hal Vaughan wrote: On Sunday 08 May 2005 12:55 pm, Peter Klauer wrote: I have tried many ways to configure for a connection to my Comcast Broadband service to no avail. ipconfig keeps giving me this: dummy0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:00:00:00:00:00 inet addr:192.168.1.10 bc

Re: broadband question

2005-05-08 Thread Lee Braiden
On Sunday 08 May 2005 17:55, Peter Klauer wrote: > I have tried many ways to configure for a connection to my Comcast > Broadband service to no avail. > > ipconfig keeps giving me this: > dummy0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:00:00:00:00:00 > ... > > This means nothing to me. Any help? Why post