[colug-432] Fwd: Whoops

Tue Feb 21 15:55:27 EST 2012

Hi Steve,

I tried your suggestion, and no go..Maybe I'm doing it wrong.
Here is my interface file:
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

#allow-hotplug eth0
 #iface eth0 inet static
  #  address 192.168.0.11
   #  netmask 255.255.255.0
    # gateway 192.168.1.1
     #broadcast 192.168.1.255
    # dns-nameservers 192.168.1.100

As you can see I tried these numbers, and no go. I was able to load
the rtl8189 which gave me my wired INTERNETconnection.

On 2/17/12, Steve Roggenkamp <roggenkamps at acm.org> wrote:
> Hi Ed,
>
> I'm going to assume you do not have a router that you control between
> your laptop and your ISP.

This setup by the ISP was a Cisco modem and a router combined with the modem.
> On Ubuntu and other Debian variants, the network interface is
> controlled by a file,
>
> /etc/network/interfaces
>
> See the  man(5) page, interfaces, for details about configuring this file.
>
> If you have a static IP address assigned by your ISP, you should have
> an entry in your interfaces file that look something like this:
>
> # The primary network interface
> allow-hotplug eth0
> iface eth0 inet static
>     address 192.168.1.33
>     netmask 255.255.255.0
>     gateway 192.168.1.1
>     broadcast 192.168.1.255
>     dns-nameservers 192.168.1.100
>
>
> I copied this from one of my machines.  I have a Linksys router and my
> machines are all on an internal network, thus the 192.168.1.x address
> space.  I also run DNS server inside my network so the nameserver has
> a local address.  The 192.168.1.33 is this system's IP address.
> You'll also need the gateway, netmask, broadcast and dns-nameservers
> values.
>
> If your ISP uses DHCP to assign addresses, the /etc/network/interfaces
> file should look something like that below.
>
> # The primary network interface
> auto eth0
> iface eth0 inet dhcp

You can see that mine is differend.

> And that's about it.
>
> You'll need to do:
>
> $ ifdown eth0
> $ ifup eth0
> to get the new address assigned and working.

Here are the errors I get when I run these two commands:
root at HighNet-Last:/etc/network# ifdown eth0
Ignoring unknown interface eth0=eth0.
root at HighNet-Last:/etc/network#  ifup eth0
Ignoring unknown interface eth0=eth0.

> Let me know how it works.
>
> Steve
>
> On Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 10:34 AM, Edward Dunagin <edunagin at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Thanks Rick,
>>
>> The 706 seems old with old messages. I how to become a member, asked
>> them, havent heard yet.
>>
>> On 2/16/12, Richard Holbert <holbert.13 at osu.edu> wrote:
>>> Ed,
>>>
>>> I don't know how active they are, but you might see if someone from The
>>> Chattahoochee Area Open Source Group can stop by and "lay hands" on your
>>> ailing system.
>>>
>>> http://chaos706.org/
>>>
>>> Another idea is to if someone at Columbus State can help.
>>>
>>> http://csc.columbusstate.edu/summers/
>>>
>>> Rick
>>>
>>> On 02/16/2012 03:24 PM, Edward Dunagin wrote:
>>>> On 2/15/12, Steve Roggenkamp<roggenkamps at acm.org>  wrote:
>>>>> Which version of linux are you trying to configure?
>>>> Hi Steve, I am using Ubuntu 10.04
>>>>
>>>>> Are you trying to set up eth0 to use DHCP to configure eth0?
>>>> The service provider tells me I dont use this.
>>>>
>>>> Peace...................................ed
>>>>
>>>>> Steve
>>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, Feb 15, 2012 at 5:44 PM, Edward Dunagin<edunagin at gmail.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>>>>> From: Edward Dunagin<edunagin at gmail.com>
>>>>>> Date: Sun, 12 Feb 2012 15:00:18 -0500
>>>>>> Subject: Whoops
>>>>>> To: Central OH Linux User Group<colug432 at colug.net>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> t had an apartment fire on Dec 12 that destroyed all contents
>>>>>> including my 3 computers. I purchased new a HP Pavilion g series
>>>>>> laptop. It had MS 7 on it and in trying load a Linux version I
>>>>>> accidentally overwrote it. After some help from a friend in Montana, I
>>>>>> got eth0 running OK, but for the world of me, I am used to a modem and
>>>>>> a separate router connected to the modem before and can't figure this
>>>>>> out.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The Service Company  down here has the standard line "we do not
>>>>>> support Linux" Any thoughts from the Columbus area?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> BTW, I am now in Columbus Georgia at an Assisted Living Community, and
>>>>>> the funny part is that people can say  he was  born in Columbus and
>>>>>> died in Columbus.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Peace to all...............................................ed
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Dunagin-Dunigan
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>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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