just to be sure, does your firewall rules allows you to ping other computers ?
On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 6:22 PM, Robert Baron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Have you tried using ifconfig? > > > On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 12:06 PM, Thomas H. George <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > >> On Mon, Jun 16, 2008 at 09:02:39PM -0300, Marcos José Sant'Anna Magalhães >> wrote: >> > Hi Thomas, >> > >> > Can't you just use "/etc/init.d/networking restart" ? >> > >> > Marcos >> >> It doesn't work. That is if I edit ifstate to set eth0=eth0 and restart >> networking it reports the network is reconfigured but the network is >> still unreachable (I tried pinging another computer on the lan) and >> ifconfig shows the settings of eth0 are unchanged, are still the >> settings from bootup during which the system looked for a DHCP >> connection and found none. >> >> Tom >> > >> > On Mon, Jun 16, 2008 at 6:09 PM, Thomas H. George <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > >> > wrote: >> > >> > > I have built a very nice Debian Live CD but with two problems. >> > > >> > > One, I can't switch to the static IP addressed used by my lan. I >> included >> > > a copy of my interfaces file in chroot_local-includes. When I boot >> from the >> > > CD I can substitute this file in /etc/network but I can't find a way >> to >> > > shutdown the network and restart it with the substituted file. I must >> have >> > > failed to include some package as there is no network entry in the >> > > Debian/Applications drop down list. >> > > >> > > (Bringing along my special config files does work very nicely in other >> > > cases. Specifically, I have an xorg.conf file which allows me to use >> a >> > > Wacom tablet. After booting from the cd I substitute a copy of this >> file >> > > and restart gdm and the Wacom tablet works perfectly.) >> > > >> > > My second problem must also be an omitted package as only root has a >> > > terminal window. >> > > >> > > The CD is 575 MB. I hope a couple small packages might correct these >> > > problems without taking more than the remaining space. >> > > >> > > Tom >> > > >> > > >> > > -- >> > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a >> > > subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > > >> > > >> > >> > >> > -- >> > Marcos José Sant'Anna Magalhães. >> > Engenharia Eletrônica e de Computação. >> > DEL/POLI/UFRJ. >> >> >> -- >> To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> > -- Marcos José Sant'Anna Magalhães. Engenharia Eletrônica e de Computação. DEL/POLI/UFRJ.
