First, try 'ifconfig eth0'. If you get something then the device is at least present. If you don't get anything, then next step is to check that you have the correct modules loaded. Try a 'lsmod' command and see if anything familiar comes up. You can then use 'modconf' to load the modules or use 'insmod'. Once the modules are in you can do a '/etc/init.d/networking restart' to get the interfaces up easily. If you still have nothing and it's and ISA card, you'll then need to check your isapnp.conf to see if everything is kosher there. If none of this works, read someone else's reply.
HTH, Brooks > -----Original Message----- > From: Andy Laurence [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, 10 September, 2001 09:52 AM > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Network unreachable.... > > > Tried this earlier, but hasn't gone through, so apoloigese if it appears > twice. > > --------------- > > Hi all, > > More problems with my first Linux box (something tells me I should have > tried Mandrake to get going). After getting Perl, PHP, Apache and ProFTPd > running, I thought all was well. Unfortunately, the network has > failed for > no apparent reason. I realised I couldn't FTP to i, so I tried > to ping the > gateway. This resulted in 'network unreachable', so I looked at > ifconfig - > loopback (127.0.0.1) was there, but no eth0. > > I checked /etc/network/interfaces which showed eth0 to be correctly setup. > I then ran ifdown followed by ifup. Again, no change. I tried a > reboot in > vain, but nothing. Is there something else I can try? I don't know where > drivers are kept or how to re-install them (what I'd do in an MS OS). TIA > > Andy > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >