USB connection to Cablemodem, cdc_ether, resolvconf?
Hi, I have connected my Debian GNU/Linux Lenny through USB to my Cablemodem. My kernel is linux-image-2.6.26-1-686. I'm trying to setup my eth0 network interface. It should have a static and public IP address. I have setup eth0 network interface as static in interfaces file: [snip..] auto lo eth0 iface lo inte loopback iface eth0 inet static address 217.17.111.164 netmask 255.255.255.0 [..snip] I have loaded kernel modules for USB-Ethernet card: lsmod gives me the following: [snip..] ... cdc_ether 4672 0 usbnet14024 1 cdc_ether ... [..snip] I run resolvconf to setup nameservers: # cat file_with_nameservers | resolvconf -a eth0 so after this command abowe I get the file: /etc/resolvconf/run/interface/eth0 with nameservers. Still I can't reach the Internet: ping www.google.com However after a reboot this file: /etc/resolvconf/run/interface/eth0 missing. What am I missing here? How can I setup Nameservers? Any advices will be appreciated! -- Regards, Paul Chany You can freely correct my English. http://csanyi-pal.info -- 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/8739vyp4oo@debian-laptop.localdomain
Re: USB connection to Cablemodem, cdc_ether, resolvconf?
On Lu, 05 iul 10, 13:07:51, Paul Chany wrote: I have loaded kernel modules for USB-Ethernet card: lsmod gives me the following: [snip..] ... cdc_ether 4672 0 usbnet14024 1 cdc_ether ... [..snip] I run resolvconf to setup nameservers: # cat file_with_nameservers | resolvconf -a eth0 so after this command abowe I get the file: /etc/resolvconf/run/interface/eth0 with nameservers. resolvconf is not meant to be used by hand, you have to add nameservers 8.8.8.8 or whatever to /etc/network/interfaces Note: nameservers (ending with s) is not a typo, because you can specify several nameservers (three?) separated by spaces Still I can't reach the Internet: ping www.google.com Can you ping outside addresses (for example the nameserver itself) by IP? Please also show the output of 'ifconfig -a' after loading the modules above. Regards, Andrei -- Offtopic discussions among Debian users and developers: http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/d-community-offtopic signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: USB connection to Cablemodem, cdc_ether, resolvconf?
Andrei Popescu andreimpope...@gmail.com writes: On Lu, 05 iul 10, 13:07:51, Paul Chany wrote: I have loaded kernel modules for USB-Ethernet card: lsmod gives me the following: [snip..] ... cdc_ether 4672 0 usbnet14024 1 cdc_ether ... [..snip] I run resolvconf to setup nameservers: # cat file_with_nameservers | resolvconf -a eth0 so after this command abowe I get the file: /etc/resolvconf/run/interface/eth0 with nameservers. resolvconf is not meant to be used by hand, you have to add nameservers 8.8.8.8 or whatever to /etc/network/interfaces Note: nameservers (ending with s) is not a typo, because you can specify several nameservers (three?) separated by spaces Aha, so here goes nameservers definitions on Debian Lenny? I remember on Debian Etch I used for this /etc/resolv.conf file. So the form is: nameservers 2.2.2.2 3.3.3.3 4.4.4.4 ?? Still I can't reach the Internet: ping www.google.com Can you ping outside addresses (for example the nameserver itself) by IP? No. Please also show the output of 'ifconfig -a' after loading the modules above. I can't to paste here the exact ouput of 'ifconfig -a' command but have the following interfaces: lo, eth0 eth1. I use another PC Box to mail here for help. So I find the cause of my problem, I think! eth1 is the usb-ethernet device and not eth0. eth0 is there because I used it when I installed on this PC Box the present Debian Lenny system, but through an Ethernet card. But now I want to configure this Box through USB port of a Cable modem, so that's why is there the eth1 interface. So, when I give today morning the MAC address to my ISP, I give the Ethernet card MAC address, instead of the USB-Ethernet aka eth1 MAC address to associate it with my new static, public IP address! I will correct this soon as possyble (here was a storm and my ISP is busy now ;). -- Regards, Paul Chany You can freely correct my English. http://csanyi-pal.info -- 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/87bpaloln0@debian-laptop.localdomain
Re: USB connection to Cablemodem, cdc_ether, resolvconf?
On Lu, 05 iul 10, 19:59:15, Paul Chany wrote: Aha, so here goes nameservers definitions on Debian Lenny? I remember on Debian Etch I used for this /etc/resolv.conf file. Only if you use (a.k.a. install) the resolvconf package. You can still use /etc/resolv.conf, if you uninstall resolvconf and you are 100% sure no other program is touching it (pppd, dhcp clients, ...). Using resolvconf makes more sense to me even for static configs, since you configure everything about the network in only one file (/etc/network/interfaces). Regards, Andrei -- Offtopic discussions among Debian users and developers: http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/d-community-offtopic signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: USB connection to Cablemodem, cdc_ether, resolvconf?
On Monday 05 July 2010 18:59:15 Paul Chany wrote: Paul Chany You can freely correct my English. The last Hungarian to say that to me - my father - took extreme umbrage if I actually did so!! Lisi -- 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/201007052236.24847.lisi.re...@gmail.com
