On Thursday 28 Aug 2003 4:24 pm, Kent West wrote: > Kent West wrote: > > I've got a fairly new Dell GX260 with an integrated gigabit nic. I > > started out with 2.2.20 (stable), but that didn't recognize the nic, > > so I used Knoppix to download a newer kernel (2.4.18, and all the > > attendent dependencies), and after adding "e1000" to /etc/modules, the > > network started working for me! Yea! I then promptly upgraded to > > unstable. > > > > That worked for several weeks, until my office mate returned to work, > > and booted into Windows (dual-boot, obviously). Now when I boot into > > Debian, dhcp doesn't find any address, and when I manually run > > "/etc/init.d/networking start" I get errors like "recieve_packet > > failed on eth0" and "network is down". The network works fine from > > Windows, as this email is proof. > > > > I tried another kernel upgrade, this time to 2.4.18-4-686, > > I meant "2.4.21-4-686". > > > but the network responds the same. I figured I'd try a static address, > > to see what that results in. Here's my interfaces file, and the results. > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/home/westk> cat /etc/network/interfaces > > # /etc/network/interfaces -- configuration file for ifup(8), ifdown(8) > > > > # The loopback interface > > auto lo eth0 > > iface lo inet loopback > > > > #iface eth0 inet dhcp > > > > iface eth0 inet static > > address 150.252.161.230 > > netmask 255.255.248.0 > > > > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/etc/network> sudo /etc/init.d/networking start > > Setting up IP spoofing protection: rp_filter. > > Configuring network interfaces... done. > > e1000: eth0 NIC Link is Up 10 Mbps Half Duplex > > > > Mon Aug 25 16:52:39 > > --------- > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/etc/network> ping 150.252.128.193 > > PING 150.252.128.193 (150.252.128.193): 56 data bytes > > ping: sendto: Network is unreachable > > ping: wrote 150.252.128.193 64 chars, ret=-1 > > ping: sendto: Network is unreachable > > ping: wrote 150.252.128.193 64 chars, ret=-1 > > > > > > > > Any clues would be appreciated. > > Some further testing revealed that I can ping the gateway, so I added > that to my /etc/network/interfaces file, and now I can ping by address. > > Then I tinked with /etc/resolv.conf, and now I can ping by name. > > I still can't get a dhcp address though. When I looked in dselect at > dhcp-client and at pump, both are not installed. Yet the errors > mentioned above are prefaced with DHCP_DISCOVER or something similar, > which would indicate to me that I have some dhcp client installed (and I > used to have one, as it used to work). > > Has one of my upgrades deleted my dhcp client? If so, which client > should I install: dhcp-client or pump or something else? > > Thanks! > > -- > Kent
hi try dhcpcd. I use it at home to look up my IP address from my router but I can't remember how I set it up. pete -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]