On Sunday 25 August 2013 3:10:43 pm Alexander Kapshuk wrote: > Thanks for your prompt response. > The line you suggested commenting out happens to have been commented out by > default.
I'm not an expert at this stuff, but I believe you need that line--try uncommenting it. Assuming eth0 is your internet card (where you plug in your Ethernet cable / RJ-45 connector, you want that to come up and get an IP address from dhcp. Randy Kramer > > On Aug 25, 2013 8:45 PM, "Robert Holtzm" <hol...@cox.net> wrote: > > On Sun, Aug 25, 2013 at 06:27:34PM +0300, Alexander Kapshuk wrote: > > > Howdy, > > > Upon starting my PC, wireless networking was found to be working, but > > > not the wired one. > > > /var/log/daemon.log says DHCPv4 request timed out. Canceled DHCP > > > transaction. > > > > > > What could be wrong here? > > > > I had the same problem. The fix was to comment out the last line in > > /etc/network/interfaces. Should look like this: > > > > # This file describes the network interfaces available on your system > > # and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5). > > > > # The loopback network interface > > auto lo > > iface lo inet loopback > > > > # The primary network interface > > allow-hotplug eth0 > > #iface eth0 inet dhcp > > > > Note the last line is commented out. > > > > HTH > > > > -- > > Bob Holtzman > > Your mail is being read by tight lipped > > NSA agents who fail to see humor in Doctor > > Strangelove > > Key ID 8D549279 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/201308251938.55616.rhkra...@gmail.com
