Swaret : determining NIC

Hello again.

Now I've installed swaret but can't update it. man swaret wasn't of much help.

bash-2.05b# swaret --update
swaret 1.6.1-3

Network Connection down!
Please, take a look to 'NIC' in /etc/swaret.conf!

My NIC line :

NIC=eth0

Visibly it's looking for a broadband connection. But I don't have one, being stuck with cheap 56k... so what should I put instead of eth0 ? Some tty ? How to determine which ?

Originally posted by SolarBear Visibly it's looking for a broadband connection. But I don't have one, being stuck with cheap 56k... so what should I put instead of eth0 ? Some tty ? How to determine which ?

Try NIC=ttySHSF0 and not /dev/ttySHSF0, replace hsf0 with your modem type and location.

Let us know if it helps?

Originally posted by SolarBear My NIC line : NIC=eth0 Visibly it's looking for a broadband connection. But I don't have one, being stuck with cheap 56k... so what should I put instead of eth0 ? Some tty ? How to determine which ? [/B]

Maybe NIC=ppp0 ?

Try using ppp0 <-- that's "ppp zero" ;-)

No need to fool around with /dev/tty<whatever>

HTH
mylesg

why not try "/dev/modem"
most of the time, software automatically link the modem to /dev/modem for easy access

Thanks for the replies.

I tried placing /dev/modem as NIC, but I received the same error message. Putting ppp0 worked alright though ! Thanks a lot ! Now to connect to the net without kppp ....

anyway, what is swaret used for?
is it a clone of kppp?

anyway, what is swaret used for?

I see it says RedHat in your profile.

Swaret is a package updating tool for Slackware.