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Old 05-09-2006, 12:58 PM   #1
regenzy
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Installing network package


I tried to install debian on my laptop but there where some problems with my wireless network card. I can't disable it so I installed debian without any network. But now I want to use my standard wire network card, so my question is how I install that through the terminal.

I have no experience with debian before so I have no idea how to do it.
 
Old 05-10-2006, 12:25 PM   #2
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First thing to check is to see whether the system has picked up the network card and initiated the driver which you will find by looking at /var/log/dmesg.
If it found the card then you can setup the network. Edit the file /etc/network/interfaces. If you are going to use dhcp then enter;

auto eth0
iface eth0 inet dhcp

if you need a static address then do;

auto eth0
iface eth0 inet static
address <ip-address>
netmask <ip>
gateway <ip-address>

To start the network open a terminal as root and do;

/etc/init.d/networking start
 
  


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