shaun bokowski, 2002-Aug-18 02:58 -0700:
> I what can I check to see whether internet connection is
> messed up. I am on a laptop using debian 2.2 with woody
> packages, connected to a dsl SMC baricade ip sharer,
> connected to a dsl speed touch home , everything is ethernet,
> using a pcmcia card -ethernet. How can I start dhcp, --is
> what I am using and have configured. Everything was working
> fine and then all of the sudden I can not get a ping on linux.
> Have a windoes machine and it connects but not linux laptop.
> Need help. Thanks for the information.
>
> Shaun Bokowski
Check your interface config with "ifconfig". Make sure you see eth0
with an IP address like this:
$ /sbin/ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:A0:C9:BC:78:C9
inet addr:192.168.0.116 Bcast:192.168.0.255
Mask:255.255.255.0
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:11542 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:11107 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:11
collisions:0 txqueuelen:100
RX bytes:6769940 (6.4 MiB) TX bytes:865474 (845.1 KiB)
Interrupt:3 Base address:0x300
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:931 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:931 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:305368 (298.2 KiB) TX bytes:305368 (298.2 KiB)
If you don't see eth0, then you'll probably need to run dhcp to get
one. I assume this since you mention DHCP. You can run this using
either "pump" or "dhclient". Try pump first, and if that doesn't
work, then try dhclient. Verify the IP config with the ifconfig
command.
Also, if you don't see eth0, perhaps it's not configured. Make sure
your network cards is loaded. You can check for the modules usling
"/sbin/lsmod". You can also look in "/var/log/syslog" (as root) for
indications that your network card has loaded properly.
This is a good start. Let us know what happens.
jc
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Jeff Coppock Systems Engineer
Diggin' Debian Admin and User
