tap0 is, as I understand it, a feature of diald (the dial on demand daemon that i used to struggle with pre adsl).
If this machine is not going to connect to the net via its modem, you can remove the diald package. I have offered to go around and help Patrick, so we may be able to fix it. On Thu, 19 Feb 2004 11:18:47 +1300 Patrick Dunford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > David Kirk wrote: > > >>ifconfig: > >>eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:05:1C:19:DF:F4 > >> inet addr:192.168.0.1 Bcast:192.168.0.255 > >>Mask:255.255.255.0 > >> UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 > >> RX packets:32 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 > >> TX packets:107 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 > >> collisions:0 txqueuelen:100 > >> RX bytes:8256 (8.0 KiB) TX bytes:23371 (22.8 KiB) > >> Interrupt:10 Base address:0xfc00 > >> > >>lo Link encap:Local Loopback > >> inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 > >> UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:3924 Metric:1 > >> RX packets:47 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 > >> TX packets:47 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 > >> collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 > >> RX bytes:3511 (3.4 KiB) TX bytes:3511 (3.4 KiB) > >> > >>tap0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr FE:FD:00:00:00:00 > >> inet addr:192.168.0.1 Bcast:0.0.0.0 Mask:255.255.255.255 > >> UP BROADCAST RUNNING NOARP MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 > >> RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 > >> TX packets:10 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 > >> collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 > >> RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:1000 (1000.0 b) > >> Interrupt:5 > >> > >> > > > >What's this tap0 thing and why does it have the same IP address as eth0? I > >would try disabling it and then try again. > > > > > > > I need specifics, people. I am very new to Linux, and this is the first > install I have ever done. (actually it's the second on this HP Pavillion > 5150 P133 with 40 MB of ram, and no secondary CPU cache) > > I work at a school that has Redhat and samba on the server, and we are > going to put Debian on it (since Redhat is no longer supported) -- Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
