Hi, On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 07:36:24AM -0700, jeremy jozwik wrote: > good morning list, im having some network connection issues that i > hope i can resolve here without too much pain. > > issue 1, im on a laptop and sometimes i forget to plug in my ethernet > wire. if i connect after login i cannot browse the internet. the > network connection lists eth1 as idle and sometimes send/receive but > no webpages will load. so, what is the equivalent of fedoras ./service > network restart [bash: ./service: No such file or directory] in > debian? > > along with that, how the heck do i connect to a wifi!! > if /finally/ got my wifi light to activate and the device is listed in > ifconfig, wifiradar also sees a few wireless networks in range but i > see no connection button. how does one go about latching onto a > signal? im sure it is something massively simple that i am > overlooking. > > thanks anyone who helps!
Use wicd or network-manager if you need such functionality convieniently. But I recommend you to lean basic hard ways too. Start reading from here. http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-reference/ch05.en.html#_the_network_configuration_for_desktop Osamu -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org