i have previously been connecting this machine with dialup. i have selected to use dhcp (which yes, the mac is using)
/etc/network/interfaces contents: auto lo iface lo inet loopback mapping hotplug script grep map eth0 iface dsl-provider inet ppp provider dsl-provider iface eth0 inet dhcp auto eth0 iface ppp0 inet ppp provider ppp0 > On Wed, 09 May 2007 11:48, you wrote: >> Kia ora, >> >> I'm pretty useless with all things network related, having never >> bothered >> to really understand what is going on behind the scenes. Now I'm stuck, >> having just moved into a new flat and my machine not automatically >> connecting to the network. Don't really know where to start. I'm >> connecting fine using this apple iBook. No such luck with my desktop pc. >> Its an xtra broadband connection and my machine is connected physically >> to a port on a linksys wireless router which is connected to a d-link >> adsl router. What would be appropriate diagnostic tools to use to suss >> out what is happening? Firefox tries to connect and times out. I'm not >> familiar enough with linux network admin tools to better determine the >> problem. Any help appreciated! >> >> Cheers >> Matt > > Arr! You most likely need to configure your PC to use DHCP for its > network > connection. I am guessing that previously your PC had a hard-coded > network > configuration that is no longer appropriate in your new digs. I am also > guessing that the iBook already uses DHCP so it doesn't care. > > Have a look in /etc/network/interfaces and see if there's anything like > this: > > auto eth0 > iface eth0 inet dhcp > > Either way, please report what you do find there. > > A > >
