Problem mystically disappeared when I boot again this time. But still some questions remains.
On Sun, 13 Aug 2006 10:57:52 -0600, s. keeling wrote: >> % /etc/init.d/networking restart >> Reconfiguring network interfaces...ifup: interface lo already >> configured done. >> >> Why the message only says interface lo, but not eth0? Can anyone explain this? >> % ifconfig eth0 down >> >> $ ifconfig -a >> eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:11:2F:BE:4B:BA >> inet addr:192.168.2.13 Bcast:192.168.2.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 >> [snip] >> Ie, I tried to shut down the eth0, but, should it be gone from "ifconfig >> -a" output? > > Yes. What do you mean by yes? should it be gone from "ifconfig -a" output? If so, why it is still there? Ok, below are answers to your questions, s. keeling: >> I tried to regain dhcp leases but that didn't help. > > "... didn't help" means what? What did dhcp do, what was the result > (messages), etc? normal. I check the dhcp leases, looks normal too. >> By then, I ran out of ideas so I rebooted. However, same things >> happened, and I still can't get onto the Internet. >> >> Note that the Internet is working fine. The other machine that's using >> the same router worked fine. Also, AOK when I boot back to Debian. > > Good to know; I'd have suggested frobbing (power cycling) the router next. > Not necessary. > >> Please help. It's urgent. > > You have two computers, one of which works fine. How can this be > "urgent"? "The other machine" does not necessarily mean a computer, s. keeling. :-) _______________________________________________ Grml mailing list - [email protected] http://lists.mur.at/mailman/listinfo/grml join #grml on irc.freenode.org grml-devel-blog: http://grml.supersized.org/
