unable to bring up eth0

2005-11-19 Thread Fred J.
Hello debian testing / 2.6.13 2 ethernet cards, one to an asdl modem/router and one to switch. I am sure I have the relative kernel devices compiled in. during boot up, I get Falied to bring up eth0 starting dhcp server: dhcpd3 failed to start - check syslog for diagnositcis I did lots of

Re: unable to bring up eth0

2005-11-19 Thread Mirco Sippel
Fred J. schrieb: debian testing / 2.6.13 2 ethernet cards, one to an asdl modem/router and one to switch. I am sure I have the relative kernel devices compiled in. during boot up, I get Falied to bring up eth0 starting dhcp server: dhcpd3 failed to start - check syslog for diagnositcis I did

Re: unable to bring up eth0

2005-11-19 Thread Dexter
Try: #scanpci if you can see bouth cards. See also file: cat /etc/network/interfaces if bouth interfaces are defined there. Try also to set static ip adresses in /etc/network/interfaces Then try: #ifup eth0 to bring intercafe up. Good luck Dexter On Sat, 2005-11-19 at 08:57 -0800, Fred J.

Re: unable to bring up eth0

2005-11-19 Thread Peter Nuttall
On Sat, Nov 19, 2005 at 08:57:47AM -0800, Fred J. wrote: Hello debian testing / 2.6.13 2 ethernet cards, one to an asdl modem/router and one to switch. I am sure I have the relative kernel devices compiled in. during boot up, I get Falied to bring up eth0 starting dhcp

Re: unable to bring up eth0

2005-11-19 Thread Mirco Sippel
Fred J. schrieb: :00:0d.0 Ethernet controller: 3Com Corporation 3c905B 100BaseTX [Cyclone] (rev 30) :00:11.0 Ethernet controller: National Semiconductor Corporation DP83815 (MacPhyter) Ethernet Controller Hello, for the 3Com Controller you need to have the kernel module 3c59x

Re: unable to bring up eth0

2005-11-19 Thread Fred J.
Peter Nuttall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sat, Nov 19, 2005 at 08:57:47AM -0800, Fred J. wrote: Hellodebian testing / 2.6.13 2 ethernet cards, one to an asdl modem/router and one to switch. I am sure I have the relative kernel devices compiled in. during boot up, I get Falied to

Re: unable to bring up eth0

2005-11-19 Thread Mirco Sippel
Fred J. schrieb: after changeling the file /etc/network/interfaces, I was able to bring up the downed eth* but why the relative dhcp package did not do this like it did with the up eth* on boot-up time? my /etc/network/interfaces now looks like this auto lo iface lo inet loopback auto eth0

Re: unable to bring up eth0

2005-11-19 Thread Fred J.
Mirco Sippel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Fred J. schrieb: after changeling the file /etc/network/interfaces, I was able to bring up the downed eth* but why the relative dhcp package did not do this like it did with the up eth* on boot-up time? my /etc/network/interfaces now looks like this auto

Re: unable to bring up eth0

2005-11-19 Thread Peter Nuttall
On Sat, Nov 19, 2005 at 10:32:45AM -0800, Fred J. wrote: snipped I am sorry, I will not be able to answer those question as my networking experience is very primitive. but I can give the following info: using cat5 cables from adsl modem/router to eth1 in the debian box

Re: unable to bring up eth0

2005-11-19 Thread nano
Quoting Fred J. [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Did you tried them separately, one at a time. This way you can find out if the router and the W2K server are running DHCP. http://www.dhcp-handbook.com/dhcp_faq.html#wiaia hope this link will help with DHCP. Best regards Fernando Mirco Sippel [EMAIL

Re: unable to bring up eth0

2005-11-19 Thread Fred J.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Quoting "Fred J." :Did you tried them separately, one at a time. This way you can find out if therouter and the W2K server are running DHCP.http://www.dhcp-handbook.com/dhcp_faq.html#wiaiahope this link will help with DHCP.Best regardsFernando Mirco Sippel wrote: Fred J.