Martin Fluch wrote: [...] > I forgot to say, that I use a PCMCIA card to connect to the internet... > [...] > > And thats the problem I have: I have no experience with that, I never > > played around with it and now I should get it working till Thuesday :-) > > Has somebody experience with this, perhaps even on an Debian 2.2 or Debian > > Unstable/Woody system (I use the later, but they shouldn't be that too > > different).
Edit /etc/pcmcia/network.opts and set DHCP="y" or DHCPCLIENT="y" or PUMP="y", depending on the dhcp client you want to use. Also set IPADDR="". Now you only have to do a cardctl eject; cardctl insert (or change the scheme) and your network interface should get an ip address from the dhcp server. [...] > > Which packages do I need beside dhcp, dhcp-client? You need only one of them. There are 3 packages for dhcp clients: dhcp, dhcp-client and pump. I use pump. Andrei
