Re: Modules/Ethernet setup

From: Alf Werder (awerder_at_gmx.de)
Date: 11/30/03

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    On Sun, 2003-11-30 at 21:32, Paul M Foster wrote:
    > When I was installing Deb 3.0r1 on a new machine, I couldn't find what I
    > thought was the right module/driver for the ethernet card, so I just
    > skipped it. Later I found the right driver. I can get the card up and
    > working. Manually, I can do it this way:
    >
    > modprobe natsemi
    > ifconfig eth0 inet 192.168.10.2
    > route add default gw 192.168.10.20
    >
    > However, I don't know how to integrate this with the Debian
    > /etc/modules/* and /etc/modules.conf. Can anyone tell me what files to
    > create and with what parameters?

    Two things to do:

    (1) Load the module. You can simply add it to /etc/modules. The module
    gets loaded at system boot time then. The other way is to add the line

    ---snip---
    alias eth0 natsemi
    ---snap----

    to /etc/modules.conf. Then, the module will get loaded, whenever eth0 is
    accessed. *But*, as a good debian admin you should *never* edit this
    file by hand. Look at update-modules(5) for information how to change
    you modules configuration database.

    (2) Configure the network device. You have to add the device
    configuration to the file /etc/network/interfaces. See interfaces(5) how
    to do that.

    Hope that helps.

    -alf 

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