networking in gnoppix

mjcovey · 09-06-2004, 02:23 PM

I have Gnoppix LiveCD and it works great, as does the internet with my generic Realtek PCI ethernet card.

I liked it so much I installed it to disk but once installed to disk the internet doesn't work. I tried ifup -va but it just did this:

Code:

$ ifup -va 
$

no output or response. Can anyone help me with this? I've never used knoppix on this computer, so I can't say if it happens with that as well

zatriz · 09-06-2004, 04:29 PM

try ifconfig
and see if your network card is listed probably as eth0
then do "ifconfig eth0 up"
the command should be "ifup eth0" i believe.

mjcovey · 09-06-2004, 09:11 PM

I figured it out after a while with google.

For refrence you have to type:
dhclient eth0 as root to force DCHP.

vinu_shu · 09-07-2004, 04:56 AM

Try neat command
or ifconfig command

anotherulrich · 09-07-2004, 02:05 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by mjcovey
I figured it out after a while with google.

For refrence you have to type:
dhclient eth0 as root to force DCHP.

mjcovey, I am facing a similar problem - got a Knoppix 3.6 CD and a Realtek 8180 WLAN card - AND: haven't got a clue about Linux.

How did you resolve this? The slution zui provide in a later post doesn't do the trick - it says: "command not found"...

For information: if I do 'ifconfig', it just shows lo - which I believe is the onboard ethernet card. If if do 'ifconfig eth0' it does find something with a hardware address - doesn't say if its the Realtek card though...

Ulrich

mjcovey · 09-07-2004, 03:58 PM

I don't know about wireless, mine is a wired NIC. I think gnoppix is not based too much on knoppix but debian and called gnoppix.

Go to knoppix.net where they have forums on hardware with wireless I believe.

The only WLAN I've used on Linux is on Lindows and it was a cisco card.

Try "ifup -a" or get the Linux-WLAN driver via apt (or their site I dont know if its on apt)