See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avahi_%28software%29 for info on avahi. It 
seems to be giving you an ipv4 address to use, while eth0 gave you an ipv6 
address,
which is a pain to enter in commands.

On Monday, October 27, 2014 1:26:47 PM UTC-7, joël maranhão wrote:
>
> NOTE: I apologize for the double post. I just realized that I may have set 
> Categories wrong. First time mistake.
>
>
> Installed Ubuntu (+ desktop) on BBB
>
> root@ubuntu-armhf:~# uname -a
>
> Linux ubuntu-armhf 3.8.13-bone30 #1 SMP Thu Nov 14 11:19:20 UTC 2013 
> armv7l armv7l armv7l GNU/Linux
>
>
> Installed Linux Driver for Netis WF2190 (my wireless dongle connected to 
> the BBB)
>
> I am able to connect to my wireless network. Now I am trying to share this 
> connection with the BBB ethernet port. I succeeded with a PC + Ubuntu, so I 
> am now trying to do the same using the BeagleBone.
>
> I have tried the usual way using the GUI, Edit Connection and select 
> "Shared to other computers". At this stage I'd be expecting the eth0 port 
> to acquire the 10.42.0.1 ... it never does on the BeagleBone Black.
>
> wlan0 is well connected to the Internet, eth0 never gets an IP.
> root@ubuntu-armhf:~# ifconfig
>
> eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 78:a5:04:df:d9:03  
>           inet6 addr: fe80::7aa5:4ff:fedf:d903/64 Scope:Link
>           UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
>           RX packets:309 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
>           TX packets:418 errors:1 dropped:3 overruns:0 carrier:0
>           collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
>           RX bytes:64045 (64.0 KB)  TX bytes:86009 (86.0 KB)
>           Interrupt:56 
>
> eth0:avahi Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 78:a5:04:df:d9:03  
>           inet addr:169.254.7.190  Bcast:169.254.255.255  Mask:255.255.0.0
>           UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
>           Interrupt:56 
>
> lo        Link encap:Local Loopback  
>           inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
>           inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
>           UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:65536  Metric:1
>           RX packets:44 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
>           TX packets:44 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
>           collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
>           RX bytes:4586 (4.5 KB)  TX bytes:4586 (4.5 KB)
>
> wlan0     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 04:8d:38:11:21:07  
>           inet addr:192.168.2.109  Bcast:192.168.2.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
>           inet6 addr: fe80::68d:38ff:fe11:2107/64 Scope:Link
>           UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
>           RX packets:4774 errors:0 dropped:22 overruns:0 frame:0
>           TX packets:875 errors:0 dropped:1 overruns:0 carrier:0
>           collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
>
>           RX bytes:651142 (651.1 KB)  TX bytes:140149 (140.1 KB)
>
>
> I have tried
> root@ubuntu-armhf:~# ifdown eth0 <==== OK
> root@ubuntu-armhf:~# ifup eth0   <==== HANGS FOREVER
>
>
> I have a ethernet cable plugged from BBB to a PC with Debian. 
>
> Ethernet port on the Debian PC is on DHCP, is should acquire an IP 
> 10.42.0.x . 
>
> Again this setup worked with 2 PCs, Only trying to do it with BBB.
> root@ubuntu-armhf:~# lsmod
>
> Module                  Size  Used by
> iptable_filter          1504  0 
> ip_tables              11013  1 iptable_filter
> x_tables               16848  2 iptable_filter,ip_tables
> bnep                   10299  2 
> rfcomm                 30945  0 
> bluetooth             190961  10 bnep,rfcomm
> rfkill                 18295  3 bluetooth
> 8812au               1151560  0
> Saisissez le code ici...
>
>
> Also I don't understand what is this eth0:avahi, it seems to show up at 
> times.
>
> Any suggestions / tips to troubleshoot/fix this?
>

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