I'm using DHCP, yes. I added this line to /etc/conf.d/net: iface_eth1="dhcp"
Eric Heller. On Tue, 2003-11-04 at 18:06, Brent L Johnson wrote: > Not sure why Firebird would work and nothing else. > But do you have your DNS servers listed in > /etc/resolv.conf or are you using DHCP? > > - Brent > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: eric heller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2003 6:42 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: [gentoo-user] wireless network issues > > > > > > Hi! > > > > I recently read on slashdot about a great little program that > > emulates certain windows wireless network card drivers, > > called driverloader (see www.linuxant.com). I was especially > > glad to hear about this because it supports my Intel Centrino > > PRO/Wireless mini-pci card (for which there are currently no > > real linux drivers, at least not to my knowledge). > > > > Anway, I got driverloader working, and things seem to be > > working on some level. I got eth1 to run and it's even > > correctly connecting to my wireless network. I disconnected > > by ethernet cable, stopped eth0, and then fired up > > MozillaFirebird. To my delight, everything seemed to be working great! > > > > But then I fired up evolution, and it was unable to resolve > > the address of my pop email server. I thought, what the heck? > > So I went to my command line and tried to ping the address. > > Ping returned nothing. So I tried www.yahoo.com. Still > > nothing. It seems that the only program that can actually > > resolve host names is MozillaFirebird, and nothing else. > > > > Any ideas why this may be? Is there something I need to do to > > get eth1 setup right? Here's what I did: > > > > 1 ln -s /etc/init.d/net.eth0 /etc/init.d/net.eth1 > > > > 2 rc-update add net.eth1 default > > > > 3 edited /etc/conf.d/net to include the line: > > iface_eth1="dhcp" > > > > 4 /etc/init.d/net.eth1 start > > > > And it started up with no errors. > > > > 5 /etc/init.d/net.eth0 stop > > > > But like I said, only MozillaFirebird seems to be able to > > establish any kind of connection. It may likely be a problem > > with driverloader, and if it is, then I'll try out their user > > list, but I'm still not very familiar with gentoo, and I just > > wondered if there's a step I missed in configuring eth1 to > > work right. Do I need to somehow "tell" all my programs that > > they need to use eth1 instead of eth0? Any ideas? > > > > Thanks! > > > > Eric Heller. > > > > > > -- > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > > > > > > > > > > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
