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I installed Mepis 3.3 and I have a strange problem.
My network requires me to use static IP .
So, in Mepis OS Center, Under the networking Tab, I entered the Static Nameservers (DNS Settings) and under eth0, i entered the static IP addresses.
Now, when i am told that I should restart the network, eth0 doesn't come up.
SO, this results in no internet connection in Mepis.
i have Ubuntu installed, that works absolutely fine.
What is wrong with MEPIS?
I found that there was no host mentioned in the /etc/hosts file and added the IP address of my machine there.(Using the help provided by Mepislovers.org)
I'm having the same problem. On the live-cd it activates eth0 fine and uses DHCP to auto detect my settings fine, but on my new hd install it doesn't work, and no matter how many times I try to start it (its grayed out) or use ifconfig eth0 up it just says "device doesn't exist." Why would it be different from the live-cd?
Same here, works perfectly with Live Cd, but not with HDD install.
However, I found a cheap way to do that.
What I did was I changed the settings for eth0 to DHCP and then tried to start eth0.
But it did not.
Then I changed the settings back to static.
Then, whoo -whee eth0 was up.
But, still i can't login to my ISP account, and so there is still no Internet connection in MEPIS.
Distribution: Depend on what was loaded yesterday...
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This is NOT Mepis experience talking. but...
had the same problem with a laptop running XP SP1 today. A chance look at the icon of the share (a Windoze term, kiddies) showed a tiny yellow blob next to it. It looked like a lock... it was! The firewall had been set on by default!
I`m using Debian 3.1 and have the same problem (my eth0 and eth1 want coming up). The network card which is eth1(DHCP), is the one I would like to use automatically.I don't have a network cable plugged into eth0, because I`m not using it in the moment. When I restart the PC and run it under recover mode - it finds eth1(DHCP) and 'utilieses it' but it doesn`t detect the eth0(But why? ) . OK everything is working successful except one thing when I start it in 'normal' mode it doesn`t detect the both eth. Please help!
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