On 19 Jan 2004, Jacob S. wrote: > On Mon, 19 Jan 2004 17:07:18 +0000 > Anthony Campbell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > My thanks to Jacob for point out my silly confusion between the client > > and the server. I therefore removed the server and installed the > > client but I still can't connect to the damn thing. I tried on the > > lines of what I do for my ADSL modem, which works, viz. > > > > ifconfig eth0 192.168.0.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 up > > route add gw 192.168.0.1 > > > > > > However, with this I can't access the router and can't even ping the > > address. I also tried: > > ifconfig eth0 192.168.0.1 > > > > But that doesn't work either. > > hmm... You don't want an ip of 192.168.0.0 on a .0.0 subnet. More likely > would be an ip of 192.168.0.2. What happens if you comment out any lines > for eth0 in /etc/network/interfaces and add the following two lines? The > "auto" line tells Debian to start the interface at boot time and the > iface line tells it what settings to use. When using dhcp to obtain an > ip, you should not need to specify an ip, netmask or gateway - the > server will tell your computer all of that information when it assigns > an ip. > > auto eth0 > iface eth0 inet dhcp > > You'll need to be root to edit that file. Once you've edited it, run > "/etc/init.d/networking restart" for the changes to take affect. Then of > course you can check it by running "ifconfig", trying to ping the ip > listed for eth0 in ifconfig, pinging 192.168.0.1, etc. >
I get a message saying that Protocol is not available: make sure CONFIG_PACKET and CONFIG_FILTER are defined in your kernel configuration! exiting. This is odd because I'm sure they are compiled into the kernel. I will try again tomorrow; have to stop now. Incidentally, I've found a number of places in Google saying that my router (Netgear MR814) has various problems with configuration and performance, so perhaps that is not helping. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] || http://www.acampbell.org.uk using Linux GNU/Debian || for book reviews, electronic Windows-free zone || books and skeptical articles -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
