being very lazy I usually just use dhclient.
I only use ifconfig if dhclient doesn't work. ;-)

Dave

On 04/08/2015 06:24 AM, Gene Heskett wrote:
> On Wednesday 08 April 2015 07:26:31 John Thornton wrote:
>> /etc/network/interfaces contains two lines:
>> auto lo
>> iface lo inet loopback
>>
>> JT
> Luverly, just luverly I say.  NetworkManager has been there and destroyed
> the reference copy.  Here is the outline of how mine Just Works(TM)
>
> Expunge NM and be done with it.
>
> Here is the interfaces file from this machine, with some addresses
> hidden.
> ---------------------
> # This file describes the network interfaces available on your system
> # and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5).
> #
> # list of interfaces to ayto activate
> auto lo eth0
> # interface lo
> iface lo inet loopback
> address 127.0.0.1
> netmask 255.0.0.0
> # interface eth0
> iface eth0 inet static
> address 192.168.xx.3
> netmask 255.255.255.0
> gateway 192.168.xx.1
> ------------------------
> (the eth0 address in each machines interfaces file is of course that
> machines address.  All completely arbitrary, set by you on each machine
> on ypur local network.
>
> /etc/resolv.conf is a real file, not a link, and contains one line:
> nameserver (same ipv4 addr as gateway above, let the router sort dns
> query stuff)
> -----------------
> If not using dhcp for obtaining a local address (I've yet to figure out
> how to do local dns searches by names when dhcp obtained the address,
> probably my stupidity, but there it is) and are using an /etc/hosts file
> for local dns resolution, it should resemble this on every machine on
> your local network(add more machines as required, up to 254 IIRC):
>
> gene@coyote:/opt/nitros9$ cat /etc/hosts
> 127.0.0.1 localhost
> 192.168.xx.1 router.coyote.den        router
> 192.168.xx.3 coyote.coyote.den        coyote
> 192.168.xx.4 shop.coyote.den  shop
> 192.168.xx.5 lathe.coyote.den         lathe
> 192.168.xx.6 lappy.coyote.den         lappy
>
> # The following lines are desirable for IPv6 capable hosts
> ::1 localhost ip6-localhost ip6-loopback
> ff02::1 ip6-allnodes
> ff02::2 ip6-allrouters
> --------------
>
> All hostnames above were set once by (example for this machine)
> $hostname coyote.coyote.den
> etc etc for the other machines when they were installed.
>
> And you just did me a favor John, my lappy could not login the last time
> I plugged it in, its line was "lappy.coyote,den".  Error now obvious.
>
> I suspect it will Just Work the next time I power it up. If the battery
> isn't crowbared by now, its the OEM battery yet, and about 13 years
> old. :(
>
> Perhaps not the way you were doing it, but "It works for me" :)
>
>> On 4/8/2015 6:17 AM, Andreas Pettersson wrote:
>>> You would prob. need to activate the card in the config.
>>> You will find the config file under /etc/network/interfaces
>>>
>>> Prob. is the pci card on eth1 instead of eth0 - even if its
>>> deactivated in the bios.
>>> it usually "adresses" it self, just not useable.
>>>
>>> // A
>>>
>>> John Thornton skrev den 2015-04-08 13:12:
>>>> I have a Debian Wheezy install on a computer down here in the Beer
>>>> Cave and the other day the power blinked and I lost network
>>>> connectivity on that computer. After some fumbling around I see
>>>> that I had a red light on the router for that line instead of a
>>>> green one. So I put a network card in the PCI slot and plugged that
>>>> in. Now I have a green light on the router. I went to the bios and
>>>> turned off the Ethernet on the motherboard. I still don't have a
>>>> connection to the LAN from that computer. Any clues as to what I
>>>> need to do?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks
>>>> JT
> Cheers, Gene Heskett


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