On Tuesday 11 October 2005 09:16, Craig Hagerman wrote: > Hi, > > I have had lots of problems doing an apt-get dist-upgrade since last > week. Now my network connection doesn't work. Before the apt-get > upgrade I was using eth0 to connect to a DSL modem/router while the > wireless interface (ra0) was disconnected. Now I find out that the > computer is using ra0, eth0 is inactive and I can't find out why or > how to activate eth0. > > Has there been any recently upgraded packages that would have screwed > up my network configuration? > > When I try to active eth0 (from the GUI admin) it fails saying that it > is not set up properly. Huh? Everything WAS set up properly a week > ago. > > I can use the internet now via the ra0 interface. Also my webserver is > running, telnet and sshd are running as normal. However, I cannot > access these servers from any other machine - not even from the local > network (from a wireless laptop, using the local ip for access). > > I have no idea what happened here or what to try next. I would really > appreciate any advice for solving this problem. > > Craig
[* stuff deleted *] What have you got in /etc/network/interfaces? If this file has become corrupt, then it might well bitch up your network settings. -- AJS -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]