Hannu, Hannu Virtanen schreef: > I never got the network working at all, > when I tried to install debian/bsd. Well, I'm pretty new to debian myself so I did it the "hard" way and configured it by hand. I guess debian has some nice tools for this (perhaps dpkg-config ???) but it was easier for me to change it by hand.
-> 1/ First, find out the name of your ethernet-interface by doing a "ipconfig -a". In my case, it is fxp0 -> 2/ The rest of the configuration is done in a couple of files: /etc/networking/interfaces For DHCP, do this auto fxp0 iface fxp0 inet dhcp When using static IP-addresses, do this auto fxp0 iface fxp0 inet static address 192.168.0.4 netmask 255.255.255.0 gateway 192.168.0.1 -> 3/ Set up the dns-servers (I guess this is not necessairy if you use DHCP) modify /etc/resolv.conf, to make it look like this: nameserver <ip-address-of-DNS-server-1> nameserver <ip-address-of-DNS-server-2> (...) In my case, I use the IP-address of my VDSL-router as it acts like DNS-relay. -> 4/ Restart your network. /etc/init.d/network restart (or reboot the box :-)) In my case, I also changed the hostname (in /etc/hostname) and added the names of the other machines on my LAN in /etc/hosts. > > 'it is pretty annoying when you want to try out a > new OS', when you realize that it doesn't > automatically configure the network. I did notice that -if you use a network-based sceme during the instalation (e.g. FTP, HTTP or NFS) instead of CDrom- the network configuration you entered then will get copied automatically to your new system. > With the debian GNU/linux I never had > such a problem. Well, that's the fun of trying new OSses. If everything runs OK from the first time, it's not much fun, is it? :-) > What should I do to get the network working? > I'm using an adsl connection with > a network card and an adsl modem. See above. But again, I guess debian probably has a nice text-based application for this. If somebody knows how it's named, do please let me know. > - hvirtane Cheerio! Kr. Bonne. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
