Re: Network Interfaces "Missing" on Dell Latitude D600

2009-08-09 Thread justin joseph
On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 11:56 AM, Jeff Isaac wrote: > /etc/network/interfaces, I can now properly use all of my NICs. The bigger > mystery to me, then, is why the installer didn't install NetworkManager in > the first place. The installer detected both cards, so I am somewhat at

Re: Network Interfaces "Missing" on Dell Latitude D600

2009-08-09 Thread Jeff Isaac
l of my posts got onto the board. With his help, the issue has been resolved. The problem was that for some reason unbeknownst to me, the default Debian 5.0.2 installer failed to install the Network Manager service on THREE consecutive installs. I had to manually apt-get install it and put together

Re: Network Interfaces "Missing" on Dell Latitude D600

2009-08-09 Thread justin joseph
On Sat, Aug 8, 2009 at 10:07 AM, Jeff Isaac wrote: > Hello all! > > the only interface listed is the loopback lo. I find this odd as the > wireless can correctly detect the available networks in my area, so I have > to believe that some part of the networking system is behaving correctly. > ifco

Re: Network Interfaces "Missing" on Dell Latitude D600

2009-08-08 Thread Joe Emenaker
Jeff Isaac wrote: When I pull up the gnome network status panel (I have it pinned to the bar), the only interface listed is the loopback lo. I find this odd as the wireless can correctly detect the available networks in my area, so I have to believe that some part of the networking system is b

Network Interfaces "Missing" on Dell Latitude D600

2009-08-07 Thread Jeff Isaac
ig per the man page instructions, and have tried putting the settings directly into /etc/network/interfaces, but cannot seem to get it to show up as a valid interface, let alone connect. From what I have found in my searches, others are having no trouble with getting the D600 up and running. I hav

Re: Priority of network interfaces

2006-05-16 Thread Gabriel Farrell
On Mon, May 15, 2006 at 03:52:31PM +0200, Andr? Wendt wrote: > I'm using ifplugd to connect to a network. Whenever there's wireless and > wired networks available, I usually prefer the wired connection The replies already posted are good, but you might also want to take a look at http://www.debi

Re: Priority of network interfaces

2006-05-15 Thread Nic James Ferrier
he wired interface when both are available. >> >> There are, as far as I know, three ways to do this : >> - dirty hack to automatically ifdown wlan0 before eth0 goes up (using >> pre-up stanzas in /etc/network/interfaces). There may be more >> complicated things using

Re: Priority of network interfaces

2006-05-15 Thread Derek Broughton
ar as I know, three ways to do this : > - dirty hack to automatically ifdown wlan0 before eth0 goes up (using > pre-up stanzas in /etc/network/interfaces). There may be more > complicated things using a lockfile for example. > - using ifmetric to route traffic through the cable instead of the &g

Re: Priority of network interfaces

2006-05-15 Thread claytonk
e the wired interface when both are available. > > There are, as far as I know, three ways to do this : > - dirty hack to automatically ifdown wlan0 before eth0 goes up (using > pre-up stanzas in /etc/network/interfaces). There may be more > complicated things using a lockfile for ex

Re: Priority of network interfaces

2006-05-15 Thread Alexandre Rossi
wlan0 before eth0 goes up (using pre-up stanzas in /etc/network/interfaces). There may be more complicated things using a lockfile for example. - using ifmetric to route traffic through the cable instead of the wireless NIC. - using the bonding kernel driver as suggested[1] once to prioritize the cab

Priority of network interfaces

2006-05-15 Thread André Wendt
Hi, I'm using ifplugd to connect to a network. Whenever there's wireless and wired networks available, I usually prefer the wired connection -- it's faster and works mostly without additional setup (think WPA or VPN). But when any wireless network is available, Debian wants to use it, no matter if

Re: network interfaces

2006-04-08 Thread chris jackson
sounds good. i knew it'd be something easy, I just couldn't think of where to attack it from. chris John Schmidt wrote: On Friday 07 April 2006 14:02, chris jackson wrote: why, after working just fine for over a month, would my computer start assigning different numbers to

Re: network interfaces

2006-04-07 Thread John Schmidt
On Friday 07 April 2006 14:02, chris jackson wrote: > why, after working just fine for over a month, would my computer start > assigning different numbers to my network interfaces? My wireless, that > always used to be eth1 is now eth2, my pci card that used to be eth2 is > now eth3,

network interfaces

2006-04-07 Thread chris jackson
why, after working just fine for over a month, would my computer start assigning different numbers to my network interfaces? My wireless, that always used to be eth1 is now eth2, my pci card that used to be eth2 is now eth3, even though eth0 is still my ethernet connection. I had to change

Re: Order of network interfaces (WLAN and ethernet)

2006-04-05 Thread Philipp Frauenfelder
Dear Sven Am Mon, Apr 03, 2006 at 06:25:35PM +0100 hat Sven Huster getippert: > I got this configured in my /etc/udev/local.rules : > > BUS=="pci", KERNEL=="eth[0-9]", SYSFS{address}=="00:0c:f1:98:2e:ac" \ > NAME="wifi0" > > BUS=="pci", KERNEL=="eth[0-9]", SYSFS{address}=="00:0f:1f:34:01

Existence of network interfaces (wlan and ethernet)

2006-04-04 Thread Steven Robertson
Hi. Related to the recent question about ordering multiple network cards: I am having troubles getting both network cards to be detected. The system is a Toshiba Satellite M50 (that's the .AU model name; not sure what it's called elsewhere) running kernel 2.6.14. It's a Centrino, so that's the sou

Re: Order of network interfaces (WLAN and ethernet)

2006-04-03 Thread jlbelmonte
Sven Huster wrote: * Philipp Frauenfelder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006-03-31 22:29:41 +0200]: Hi I have a Fujitsu Siemens Lifebook E 4010D with a wlan and ethernet adapter (the one where you have to plug in a cable before being online). Most stuff works fine, also both network inte

Re: Order of network interfaces (WLAN and ethernet)

2006-04-03 Thread Sven Huster
* Philipp Frauenfelder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006-03-31 22:29:41 +0200]: > Hi > > I have a Fujitsu Siemens Lifebook E 4010D with a wlan and > ethernet adapter (the one where you have to plug in a cable > before being online). Most stuff works fine, also both network

Re: Order of network interfaces (WLAN and ethernet)

2006-03-31 Thread John Schmidt
On Friday 31 March 2006 13:29, Philipp Frauenfelder wrote: > Hi > > I have a Fujitsu Siemens Lifebook E 4010D with a wlan and > ethernet adapter (the one where you have to plug in a cable > before being online). Most stuff works fine, also both network > interfaces. However, so

Order of network interfaces (WLAN and ethernet)

2006-03-31 Thread Philipp Frauenfelder
Hi I have a Fujitsu Siemens Lifebook E 4010D with a wlan and ethernet adapter (the one where you have to plug in a cable before being online). Most stuff works fine, also both network interfaces. However, sometimes my wlan is eth0 (and ethernet is eth1) sometimes the ethernet is eth0 (and wlan is

Re: ifplugd (or guessnet) stalls booting at "Configuring network interfaces ..."

2005-10-17 Thread H.S.
why you think ifplugd could be >>> >>>I don't know for sure. But in the past, I had a similar problem (boot >>>stall) and the problem was solved by putting HOTPLUG_INTERFACES="eth0" in >>>/etc/default/ifplugd. > > > If it's

Re: ifplugd (or guessnet) stalls booting at "Configuring network interfaces ..."

2005-10-17 Thread Derek Broughton
n't know for sure. But in the past, I had a similar problem (boot >> stall) and the problem was solved by putting HOTPLUG_INTERFACES="eth0" in >> /etc/default/ifplugd. If it's really a hotplug interface (ie, PC-card or USB), then /etc/init.d/networking may stall i

Re: ifplugd (or guessnet) stalls booting at "Configuring network interfaces ..."

2005-10-16 Thread H.S.
John O'Hagan wrote: > > >>auto eth0 > > > Most likely, the "auto eth0" entry is making the system try to bring up the > interface too early...in one case I removed that line, and boot returned to > normal; it will still come up automatically later if you have ifplugd and/or > some kind of n

Re: ifplugd (or guessnet) stalls booting at "Configuring network interfaces ..."

2005-10-15 Thread John O'Hagan
H.S. wrote: >After the upgrade(I recall hotplug was uninstalled >and udev upgraded), the laptop boot process now stalls at the >"Configuring network interfaces ..." step. Any idea what could be the >problem? I had a similar problem... >~# cat /etc/network/interfa

Re: ifplugd (or guessnet) stalls booting at "Configuring network interfaces ..."

2005-10-15 Thread H. S.
to know what it's waitingfor.  If there's any way to make guessnet verbose, it would help. Here is what the boot process, that has hanged while using interfaces.guessnet based interfaces script, show on the screen: Configureing network interfaces... guessnet: Missing mac at line 26: on

Re: ifplugd (or guessnet) stalls booting at "Configuring network interfaces ..."

2005-10-15 Thread H. S.
ny way to make guessnet verbose, it would help. Here is what the boot process, that has hanged while using interfaces.guessnet based interfaces script, show on the screen: Configureing network interfaces... guessnet: Missing mac at line 26: only check for the ip guessnet: Missing mac at line 29: only

Re: ifplugd (or guessnet) stalls booting at "Configuring network interfaces ..."

2005-10-15 Thread Derek Broughton
H.S. wrote: > Hi, > > I just dist-upgraded a Dell Inspiron 5160 that was running 2.6.12 kernel > and Debian Unstable. After the upgrade(I recall hotplug was uninstalled > and udev upgraded), the laptop boot process now stalls at the > "Configuring network interfaces .

ifplugd (or guessnet) stalls booting at "Configuring network interfaces ..."

2005-10-15 Thread H.S.
Hi, I just dist-upgraded a Dell Inspiron 5160 that was running 2.6.12 kernel and Debian Unstable. After the upgrade(I recall hotplug was uninstalled and udev upgraded), the laptop boot process now stalls at the "Configuring network interfaces ..." step. Any idea what could be the p

Re: /etc/network/interfaces and unique identifiers for NICs

2003-02-20 Thread Mike Beattie
On Thu, Feb 20, 2003 at 01:33:50AM -0800, Adam Lydick wrote: > Is there a way to associate a MAC or device type (wireless vs. ethernet) > with entries in /etc/network/interfaces? My laptop is configured to > disable the ethernet hardware onboard if the cable is disconnected, thus > e

/etc/network/interfaces and unique identifiers for NICs

2003-02-20 Thread Adam Lydick
Is there a way to associate a MAC or device type (wireless vs. ethernet) with entries in /etc/network/interfaces? My laptop is configured to disable the ethernet hardware onboard if the cable is disconnected, thus eth0 and eth1 are often interchanged. Also, the driver used for a given card will

Re: /etc/network/interfaces and unique identifiers for NICs

2003-02-20 Thread Mike Beattie
On Thu, Feb 20, 2003 at 01:33:50AM -0800, Adam Lydick wrote: > Is there a way to associate a MAC or device type (wireless vs. ethernet) > with entries in /etc/network/interfaces? My laptop is configured to > disable the ethernet hardware onboard if the cable is disconnected, thus > e

/etc/network/interfaces and unique identifiers for NICs

2003-02-20 Thread Adam Lydick
Is there a way to associate a MAC or device type (wireless vs. ethernet) with entries in /etc/network/interfaces? My laptop is configured to disable the ethernet hardware onboard if the cable is disconnected, thus eth0 and eth1 are often interchanged. Also, the driver used for a given card will

Re: /etc/network/interfaces

2002-12-13 Thread Daniel Pittman
On Fri, 13 Dec 2002, Larry Colen wrote: > I've been having a devil of a time trying to get > /etc/network/interfaces working with mapping. The manpage > theoretically shows how to set it up, but says that it needs a script > in order to work. I can't find any documentation

/etc/network/interfaces

2002-12-13 Thread Larry Colen
I've been having a devil of a time trying to get /etc/network/interfaces working with mapping. The manpage theoretically shows how to set it up, but says that it needs a script in order to work. I can't find any documentation on what the script is supposed to do, or how to mak

Re: /etc/network/interfaces

2002-12-13 Thread Daniel Pittman
On Fri, 13 Dec 2002, Larry Colen wrote: > I've been having a devil of a time trying to get > /etc/network/interfaces working with mapping. The manpage > theoretically shows how to set it up, but says that it needs a script > in order to work. I can't find any documentation

/etc/network/interfaces

2002-12-13 Thread Larry Colen
I've been having a devil of a time trying to get /etc/network/interfaces working with mapping. The manpage theoretically shows how to set it up, but says that it needs a script in order to work. I can't find any documentation on what the script is supposed to do, or how to mak

RE: /etc/network/interfaces or /etc/pcmcia/network.opts?

2002-10-10 Thread Andrew McMillan
On Tue, 2002-10-08 at 03:18, Bruce Best (CRO) wrote: > > Another problem (which also existed using the /etc/pcmcia/network.opts) is > that the wireless card will not work if the onboard (wired) card is up; I > _have_ to disable eth0 in order to get wlan0 to work. Generally, this isn't > a big deal

RE: /etc/network/interfaces or /etc/pcmcia/network.opts?

2002-10-10 Thread Andrew McMillan
On Tue, 2002-10-08 at 03:18, Bruce Best (CRO) wrote: > > Another problem (which also existed using the /etc/pcmcia/network.opts) is > that the wireless card will not work if the onboard (wired) card is up; I > _have_ to disable eth0 in order to get wlan0 to work. Generally, this isn't > a big dea

RE: /etc/network/interfaces or /etc/pcmcia/network.opts?

2002-10-07 Thread Bruce Best (CRO)
Yes, I switched to pump as well, but only because dhclient stopped working one day (after I did something it didn't like, no doubt). For some unknown reason, pump worked where dhclient didn't, so I stuck with it. I'll post back if I figure it out. B. >if you are using pump for dhcp you should

Re: /etc/network/interfaces or /etc/pcmcia/network.opts?

2002-10-07 Thread Shyamal Prasad
"Bruce" == Bruce Best <(CRO)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> writes: Bruce> Another problem (which also existed using the Bruce> /etc/pcmcia/network.opts) is that the wireless card will Bruce> not work if the onboard (wired) card is up; I _have_ to Bruce> disable eth0 in order to get wla

RE: /etc/network/interfaces or /etc/pcmcia/network.opts?

2002-10-07 Thread Bruce Best (CRO)
Yes, I switched to pump as well, but only because dhclient stopped working one day (after I did something it didn't like, no doubt). For some unknown reason, pump worked where dhclient didn't, so I stuck with it. I'll post back if I figure it out. B. >if you are using pump for dhcp you should

Re: /etc/network/interfaces or /etc/pcmcia/network.opts?

2002-10-07 Thread Shyamal Prasad
"Bruce" == Bruce Best <(CRO)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> writes: Bruce> Another problem (which also existed using the Bruce> /etc/pcmcia/network.opts) is that the wireless card will Bruce> not work if the onboard (wired) card is up; I _have_ to Bruce> disable eth0 in order to get wl

RE: /etc/network/interfaces or /etc/pcmcia/network.opts?

2002-10-07 Thread Bruce Best (CRO)
>-Original Message- >From: Shyamal Prasad [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >I don't use my Linux laptop much anymore. However, I did set it up >with /etc/network/interfaces. The one thing I do have is have the >hotplug interface installed Thanks; I do have hotplug

RE: /etc/network/interfaces or /etc/pcmcia/network.opts?

2002-10-07 Thread Bruce Best (CRO)
>-Original Message- >From: Shyamal Prasad [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > >I don't use my Linux laptop much anymore. However, I did set it up >with /etc/network/interfaces. The one thing I do have is have the >hotplug interface installed Thanks; I do have ho

Re: /etc/network/interfaces or /etc/pcmcia/network.opts?

2002-10-05 Thread Shyamal Prasad
"Bruce" == bestb writes: Bruce> Should it?? Is there a way to use the Bruce> /etc/network/interfaces to bring the card back up Bruce> automatically when resuming?? Or should I just go back to Bruce> using the /etc/pcmcia/network.opts for configurin

/etc/network/interfaces or /etc/pcmcia/network.opts?

2002-10-05 Thread Bruce
suspend and up on resume, without my ever having to worry about it. I understand (mentioned in the docs for the linux-wlan-ng wireless drivers) that Debian is now moving to control all network cards, including pcmcia, from /etc/network/interfaces, and that /etc/pcmcia/network.opts is being kept for

Re: /etc/network/interfaces or /etc/pcmcia/network.opts?

2002-10-05 Thread Shyamal Prasad
"Bruce" == bestb writes: Bruce> Should it?? Is there a way to use the Bruce> /etc/network/interfaces to bring the card back up Bruce> automatically when resuming?? Or should I just go back to Bruce> using the /etc/pcmcia/network.opts for configurin

/etc/network/interfaces or /etc/pcmcia/network.opts?

2002-10-05 Thread Bruce
suspend and up on resume, without my ever having to worry about it. I understand (mentioned in the docs for the linux-wlan-ng wireless drivers) that Debian is now moving to control all network cards, including pcmcia, from /etc/network/interfaces, and that /etc/pcmcia/network.opts is being kept for

RE: Compaq with docking station - 2 network interfaces

2000-06-13 Thread Moore, Paul
uld have what I want. This is because the docking station card gets eth0 if it exists (as the kernel module loads first) and then the PCMCIA card gets eth1 if the machine is docked (and eth0 is taken) otherwise it gets eth0. If the PCMCIA stuff used /etc/network/interfaces, this would be trivial. But

RE: Compaq with docking station - 2 network interfaces

2000-06-13 Thread Moore, Paul
uld have what I want. This is because the docking station card gets eth0 if it exists (as the kernel module loads first) and then the PCMCIA card gets eth1 if the machine is docked (and eth0 is taken) otherwise it gets eth0. If the PCMCIA stuff used /etc/network/interfaces, this would be trivial. But

Compaq with docking station - 2 network interfaces

2000-06-12 Thread Moore, Paul
r the PCMCIA card) to reflect my network settings, and I have added an entry for eth0 to /etc/network/interfaces (for the docking station card). If I boot normally, with the PCMCIA card connected, everything is fine and I see the network. If I then do the following cardctl eject [ switch the

Compaq with docking station - 2 network interfaces

2000-06-12 Thread Moore, Paul
r the PCMCIA card) to reflect my network settings, and I have added an entry for eth0 to /etc/network/interfaces (for the docking station card). If I boot normally, with the PCMCIA card connected, everything is fine and I see the network. If I then do the following cardctl eject [ switch the