[NCLUG] Help needed getting networking running in Debian

[Jake Edge]

On Wed, Jul 10, 2002 at 08:54:10PM -0600, Sivea Key wrote:

> > > Box 2 works to a point after reboot. I can run ifconfig eth0 up without
> > > error but lynx says "Alert!: Unable to cnnect to remote host. . . .lynx:
> > > Can't access startfile http://www.excite.com/" and the PING of the
> router
> > > seems to hang after saying "PING 192.168.1.1 (192.168.1.1): 56 data
> bytes".
> > > (That machine is a PentPro 200, BTW.)
> >
> > This looks odd ... it would appear that box 2 and the router both have the
> > IP address of 192.168.1.1 (or the router is resolving, via DNS or
> /etc/hosts,
> > possibly incorrectly, to that address ...
> 
> when I ifconfig -a the settings are listed correctly for lo and eth0.
> I did write a line "192.168.1.1  router" in /etc/hosts. Could that be a
> problem? I don't have a DNS server for the LAN yet and the router is just
> "NAT"-ing and router for the cable modem. The Macs and Windows boxes are
> working fine and have all along so it's not IN the router that the problem
> lies. I wish I knew enough to set up dhcp for the 3 Debian boxes!

Hmm, dunno too much about Debian (yet!  I am working on an install on a box
as I type this), but I may have misunderstood the ping output you had in
your first message ... so, the router is 1.1 and the windoze/mac boxes
can ping that (and/or use it as a gateway)?  What is the IP of box 2?
I think your entry in /etc/hosts is just fine.  Can you attach the output
of ifconfig?  Can you 'ping localhost' successfully?

> > It sounds like the driver for the NIC card is not getting loaded ... what
> > NIC is it?  If it is the same as Box 1, do 'lsmod' as root and see if
> there
> > is a 'tulip.o' listed ...
> 
> This has the same, or nearly the same, nic as Box 2. If I do find the 3c509
> listed in lsmod, should I do something with it? Or is it that I should do
> something if it's NOT listed?

Is the NIC in Box 3 a 3c509?  Does box2 have 3c509 listed in lsmod?

jake