Re: absurdly simple LAN problem

From: Anthony Campbell (ac_at_acampbell.org.uk)
Date: 09/17/05

  • Next message: Anthony Campbell: "Re: absurdly simple LAN problem" 
    Date: Sat, 17 Sep 2005 18:50:13 +0100
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org

    On 17 Sep 2005, L.V.Gandhi wrote:
    >
    > On 9/17/05, Marty <[1]martyb@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
    >
    > Anthony Campbell wrote:
    > > iface eth1 inet dhcp
    > > address [2]192.168.0.22
    > > auto eth0
    > > iface eth0 inet dhcp
    > > address [3]192.168.0.20
    > I could be missing something but why do you specify DHCP as well as
    > a static address?
    > I thought these options were mutually exclusive and I'm surprised
    > you don't get some
    > kind of error message.
    >
    > First change the dhcp to static
    > Second disable wifi. Then rebbot both laptop and pc. See what happens.
    > --
    > L.V.Gandhi
    > [4]http://lvgandhi.tripod.com/
    > linux user No.205042
    >
    > References
    >
    > 1. mailto:martyb@ix.netcom.com
    > 2. http://192.168.0.22/
    > 3. http://192.168.0.20/
    > 4. http://lvgandhi.tripod.com/

    I was using static previously but changed to dhcp following someone's
    suggestion here. The wireless stuff was set up by the Debian install
    iprocess originally; I thought it had to be there.

    Anthony 

    -- 
ac@acampbell.org.uk    ||  http://www.acampbell.org.uk for
using Linux GNU/Debian ||  blog, book reviews, electronic  
Microsoft-free zone    ||  books and skeptical articles
-- 
To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST@lists.debian.org 
with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org
  • Next message: Anthony Campbell: "Re: absurdly simple LAN problem"

    Relevant Pages