No network connection after Debian install

navy80 · 04-14-2009, 03:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by repo

try to press CTRL_C

Yes! I didn't know this one as I'm a newbie. I'm back in Iceweasel now.

Apt-get update is working now!

How can I get rid of that problem on the boot-up?

My dhclient.conf is:

Quote:

# Configuration file for /sbin/dhclient, which is included in Debian's
# dhcp3-client package.
#
# This is a sample configuration file for dhclient. See dhclient.conf's
# man page for more information about the syntax of this file
# and a more comprehensive list of the parameters understood by
# dhclient.
#
# Normally, if the DHCP server provides reasonable information and does
# not leave anything out (like the domain name, for example), then
# few changes must be made to this file, if any.
#

option rfc3442-classless-static-routes code 121 = array of unsigned integer 8;

#send host-name "andare.fugue.com";
#send dhcp-client-identifier 1:0:a0:24:ab:fb:9c;
#send dhcp-lease-time 3600;
#supersede domain-name "fugue.com home.vix.com";
#prepend domain-name-servers 192.168.0.1;
request subnet-mask, broadcast-address, time-offset, routers,
domain-name, domain-name-servers, domain-search, host-name,
netbios-name-servers, netbios-scope, interface-mtu,
rfc3442-classless-static-routes;
#require subnet-mask, domain-name-servers;
#timeout 60;
#retry 60;
#reboot 10;
#select-timeout 5;
#initial-interval 2;
#script "/etc/dhcp3/dhclient-script";
#media "-link0 -link1 -link2", "link0 link1";
#reject 192.33.137.209;

#alias {
# interface "eth0";
# fixed-address 192.5.5.213;
# option subnet-mask 255.255.255.255;
#}

#lease {
# interface "eth0";
# fixed-address 192.33.137.200;
# medium "link0 link1";
# option host-name "andare.swiftmedia.com";
# option subnet-mask 255.255.255.0;
# option broadcast-address 192.33.137.255;
# option routers 192.33.137.250;
# option domain-name-servers 127.0.0.1;
# renew 2 2000/1/12 00:00:01;
# rebind 2 2000/1/12 00:00:01;
# expire 2 2000/1/12 00:00:01;
#}

My interfaces:

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# This file describes the network interfaces available on your system
# and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5).

# The loopback network interface
#auto lo
#iface lo inet loopback

# The primary network interface
#allow-hotplug eth0
#iface eth0 inet dhcp

auto eth0
iface eth0 inet static
address 10.1.1.200
netmask 255.0.0.0
gateway 10.1.1.1
network 10.0.0.0
broadcast 10.255.255.255

resolv.conf

Quote:

nameserver 200.149.55.140

repo · 04-14-2009, 03:37 PM

try

Code:

auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
address 10.1.1.200
netmask 255.0.0.0
gateway 10.1.1.1
network 10.0.0.0
broadcast 10.255.255.255

auto eth0

you disabeld the lo interface

Quote:

# The loopback network interface
#auto lo
#iface lo inet loopback

A good idea is always to backup the file before editing :-)

farslayer · 04-14-2009, 04:02 PM

Yes, you NEED the entry for the loopback interface in there.. (lo)
do as repo suggested and uncomment those two lines in the interfaces file

Code:

# The loopback network interface
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback 


auto eth0
iface eth0 inet static
address 10.1.1.200
netmask 255.0.0.0
gateway 10.1.1.1
network 10.0.0.0
broadcast 10.255.255.255

I guess I wasn't specific enough and should have said to ONLY edit the eth0 portion.. you did say you were new

Sorry bout that..

At least the rest of your networking is functional now.

navy80 · 04-15-2009, 05:21 AM

ALL SWEET NOW!

Thanks again for helping me getting started with Debian. I'm sure there'll be plenty of other challenges in the future, but at least you helped me to cross the first major one - to get it started.