[NBLUG/talk] Networking newbie

[Tim Preston]

Sorry. Didn't read the message very well before jumping in (head first).

Tim Preston wrote:

> As a linux lurker, I'm just taking a stab at the problem...
> 
> Shouldn't the file only have reference to the eth0 interface. Yes? So, 
> try removing the first (# out the lines as shown below) reference to 
> eth0. Then reboot as see what happens.
> 
> A'fish'ionado wrote:
> 
>>> What's the output of your ifconfig command?  What's the contents of your
>>> /etc/network/interfaces file?
>>
>>
>>
>> # ifconfig eth0
>> #eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:50:8D:53:57:B3
>> #          inet addr:10.0.0.255  Bcast:10.255.255.255  Mask:255.0.0.0
>> #          inet6 addr: fe80::250:8dff:fe53:57b3/64 Scope:Link
>> #          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
>> #          RX packets:6 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
>> #          TX packets:18 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
>> #          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
>> #          RX bytes:2052 (2.0 KiB)  TX bytes:2124 (2.0 KiB)
>> #          Interrupt:201 Base address:0xc000
>>
>> # ifdown eth0
>> # ifup eth0
>> # ifconfig eth0
>> eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:50:8D:53:57:B3
>>           inet addr:10.0.0.1  Bcast:10.0.0.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
>>           inet6 addr: fe80::250:8dff:fe53:57b3/64 Scope:Link
>>           UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
>>           RX packets:6 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
>>           TX packets:21 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
>>           collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
>>           RX bytes:2052 (2.0 KiB)  TX bytes:2362 (2.3 KiB)
>>           Interrupt:201 Base address:0xc000
>>
>> /etc/network/interfaces looks like:
>>
>> # 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 eth0
>> iface lo inet loopback
>> iface eth0 inet static
>>         address 10.0.0.1
>>         netmask 255.255.255.0
>>         broadcast 10.0.0.255
>>
>>
>> I'm still on dialup (yay dynamic IPs!), so SSHing from the net in
>> might take a little bit to coordinate.
>>
>> William
>>
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