On 6/2/2010 10:41 AM, Peter Tenenbaum wrote: > I just finished building a new computer around the Intel DH55TC > motherboard. I would like to configure the computer to use DHCP via its > built-in ethernet tap, but the ethernet was not detected or configured > on installation. There is no eth0 entry in /etc/network/interfaces, no > eth0 entry displayed by ifconfig, no dhcpd.conf file is present, and > dhcpd is not listed in inetd.conf. > > I suspect that the problem is that the motherboard is so new that it's > not supported in the 2.6.26 version of the kernel: when I looked at the > Intel webpage relevant to the > board, > http://www.intel.com/support/motherboards/desktop/dh55tc/sb/CS-031186.htm, > it suggests that a LAN driver may be needed for Linux, and I infer from > their table of information that this is more likely to be the case for > kernel versions prior to about 2.6.31. > > So what I think I need to do is the following: > > 1. Download and install the LAN driver > 2. Manually configure the system so that it recognizes the Ethernet tap > 3. Add eth0 to /etc/network/interfaces > 4. add a dhcpd.conf file > 5. add dhcpd to inetd.conf. > > Does that sound about right, or is the reality simpler / less simple > than that? > > Assuming I've got it right: how do I accomplish step 2? > > Thanks in advance, > -PT
What is your current kernel version? An update might solve the issue. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/hu546e$5k...@dough.gmane.org
