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does it matter how I set up a NIC?
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| Ybentrepreneur 2003-06-10, 8:36 pm |
| can i do it thru the gui? I wanted to learn every thing (well a enough) thru the command line... But, I think it so much more important to get that nic detected. For some reason I can ping, I wanted to issue an Ip address to the machine, but damn it just dont seem to let me to it.....
Would using the gui to config the nic be considered "Cheating" or I should do it all form the command line? | |
| Ybentrepreneur 2003-06-10, 8:39 pm |
| The reason I am asking this is when I had linux running off the cd, it booted into the gui, and i configured the nic from there, and everything was fine. I was able to ping, etc.
As long as I get the nic up and running the right way, I guess it doesnt matter how I was able to do it, Right????? | |
| Boulware5 2003-06-10, 8:51 pm |
| Don't be a n00b...Do it through the command line. :0
Some useful commands:
ifconfig - Displays all network adapters
ifconfig eth0 up/down - Brings up (or down) the first ethernet card.
ifup eth0 - Same as above but will grab an IP from a dhcp server
Also be sure you do this as root. And be sure ifconfig is in your path. Anotherwords, su - , then type your password. Let me know how it goes.
If you want to really learn Linux - or Unix for that matter - do administrator stuff from the command line. Plus, some things are just easier to do from the CLI. | |
| Ybentrepreneur 2003-06-11, 8:04 am |
| Is the eth0 down by default after installing linux? | |
| Boulware5 2003-06-11, 10:51 am |
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Originally posted by Ybentrepreneur
Is the eth0 down by default after installing linux?
Shouldn't be. Have you typed ifconfig to check? | |
| Ybentrepreneur 2003-06-11, 9:18 pm |
| yes I did, I got a loop back address with a mask of 255.0.0.0. I dont know how to test if it detected the nic or not. this is frustrating, but I will continue to fight it out. The RX AND TX had errors. I dont know what that mean | |
| Boulware5 2003-06-11, 9:21 pm |
| Do dmesg | less and see if the kernel detected it during boot. |
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