I figured out what my issue is however it creates a new problem that I don't really know how to fix. This is on a laptop. The problem was that networking was starting before pcmcia started so eth0 didn't exist yet. Does anyone know how to make pcmcia start first? Thanks
-----Original Message----- From: Ron Johnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 13, 2002 12:24 PM To: Debian-User Subject: RE: Reconfigure IP address On Wed, 2002-03-13 at 06:04, Nicholas Imfeld wrote: > I don't seem to have dhcp folder let alone dhclient.leases. Additional > info - my ISP IP address has not changed however I have a router between > the computer and the ISP. When I look into the router's DHCP Client > tables it does not show up. I've taken this computer(laptop) with me to > work a few times but it doesn't recognize the DHCP server that we have > there. Hmmm. What dhcp client are you using? I use dhcp-client 2.0pl5-7. Note that I've heard bad things about debian's pump, and never got it working. > -----Original Message----- > From: Ron Johnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, March 13, 2002 3:38 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: Reconfigure IP address > > On Tue, 2002-03-12 at 21:11, Nicholas Imfeld wrote: > > I'm having some issues with DHCP/Static IP that fits in with this. > When > > I installed Debian the setup couldn't detect my DHCP server so I put > > static values in temporarily. Then later I added lines to the > > /etc/network/interfaces file. It looks exactly like the one below. I > > can get onto my network just fine, but it seems like it never gave up > > its static ip. Is there some other place where it stores its network > > data that needs to be modified? Any thoughts would be appreciated. > > Try the log file /var/dhcp/dhclient.leases > > Also, maybe your ISP just hasn't changed your IP address. > Under [EMAIL PROTECTED], I had the same IP for a year, and now that > @Home has disolved, and after some initial "uncertainty", > I've had the same IP now for a month. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Ron Johnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2002 7:32 PM > > To: debuser > > Subject: Re: Reconfigure IP address > > > > On Tue, 2002-03-12 at 17:04, Michael Montagne wrote: > > > To reconfigure my IP address from DHCP to a static address, I need > to > > > run dpkg-reconfigure netbase, right? If this is not correct, where > > can > > > I get more info. I just get the feeling that I'm not supposed to > edit > > > /etc/network/interfaces. The warnings seem to imply that I should > let > > > debconf do what it does best. > > > > I edited /etc/network/interfaces by hand before I even heard of > > dpkg-reconfigure. Here's my interfaces, from when I converted > > from static to dhcp. You'd just have to change the "dhcp" to > > "static", uncomment out the specifics, and change them to what > > ever your ISP says. > > > > $ cat /etc/network/interfaces > > auto lo > > iface lo inet loopback > > auto eth0 > > iface eth0 inet dhcp > > # address 24.181.111.92 > > # netmask 255.255.255.0 > > # network 24.181.111.0 > > # broadcast 24.181.111.255 > > # gateway 24.181.111.1 -- +------------------------------------------------------------+ | Ron Johnson, Jr. Home: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | Jefferson, LA USA http://ronandheather.dhs.org:81 | | | | "(Women are) like compilers. They take simple statements | | and make them into big productions." | | Pitr Dubovitch | +------------------------------------------------------------+ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
