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Posted: Oct. 12 2005,10:45 QUOTE
I've installed DSL to HD and connected it to a Windows LAN. Everything works perfectly, I see other machines in the network and have access to the Net, but everytime I turn on the computer I have to go through the netcardconfig again -- no changes are needed, I just have to confirm with a series of OKs the values already there (except for the first value, broadcast for IP, that is a NO -- I tried OK on that one too, but it wouldn't work). Without that, I can't access the LAN (nor the Net). When I do that, everything's OK.

Is there a way to make all this happen automagically when the computer starts, without my intervention? Do I need to put some script somewhere?

Cheers,

arslan
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Posted: Oct. 12 2005,14:10 QUOTE
ZOMG READ THE FAQ!!!

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Posted: Oct. 13 2005,12:57 QUOTE
been there, done that -- it still won't work, I still have to run netcardconfig manually. Any ideas?

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Posted: Oct. 13 2005,19:14 QUOTE
You need to edit /etc/network/interfaces.

Mine looks like:

auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

iface eth0 inet dhcp
           wireless-essid wireless-1
           wireless-key 9876216799

ifup eth0

Good luck, jimbo
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Posted: Oct. 19 2005,12:46 QUOTE
I tried this too, but to no avail again. My /etc/network/interfaces goes like this:

======================================

# /etc/network/interfaces -- configuration file for ifup(8), ifdown(8)

# The loopback interface
# automatically added when upgrading
auto lo eth0
iface lo inet loopback

iface eth0 inet static
address 192.168.1.17
netmask 255.255.255.0
network 192.168.1.0
broadcast 192.168.1.255
gateway 192.168.1.1

======================================

and that's the end of it. I tried running emelfm as superuser and adding the following two lines at the end:

======================================
nameserver 194.247.192.1
ifup eth0
======================================

then I saved the file and rebooted, but after the reboot the changes to the file were not present (even though Beaver reported file saved OK).

Would it be possible that the problem is in automatic DHCP broadcast that gets sent to the background during the boot sequence? Would turning that off help (if so, how do I do it)? I am asking this because the first thing I do in netcardconfig is answer NO to "Use DHCP broadcast?"

Cheers!
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