On Tue, 15 Aug 2006 23:38:45 +0200, Michael Prokop wrote:
How does your /etc/network/interfaces look like? Does it contain a "auto $INTERFACE"?
No, it does not contain the "auto $INTERFACE":
$ cat /etc/network/interfaces # /etc/network/interfaces -- configuration file for ifup(8), ifdown(8) # For more sample entries take a look at /etc/network/interfaces.examples
# The loopback interface # automatically added when upgrading auto lo iface lo inet loopback
Ok, there is no configuration for your device. :)
And it is the same as what I get from booting from the Live-CD.
Sure. The loopback interface is initiated "manually" and all network devices are started via "ifconfig $DEVICE up ; pump -i $DEVICE".
hmmm... that seems to have something to do with my messing with my DHCP client software.
How do you bring up your network? :) Seems like you are using a DHCP based setup.
Currently I manually start it up with:
dhclient
If you want to do it automatically start grml-network and configure it according to your needs. Or manually configure /etc/network/interfaces, take a look at /etc/network/interfaces.examples for some configuration examples.
I took a look at how my Debian Sarge does. Would the following 2 lines good enough for eth0, without relying on pump?
# The primary network interface auto eth0 iface eth0 inet dhcp
thanks
PS. How does my Debian Sarge know which DHCP client that I uses, ie, which one to use to talk to DHCP server?