> tony/Joe: > > Yes, one would think this would work, but it's not playing nicely. > > There's no built-in Ethernet on this Tecra 8000, so I put in a PCMCIA > adapter card and wired that to the router. The link and full duplex lights > on the adapter light up. > > In /etc/network I edited the interfaces file so eth0 has a static IP > address, netmask, and gateway address; only eth0 is listed as 'auto'. > Unfortunately, when I run '/etc/init.d/networking start' that interface > fails to come up. It's not recognized. > > Something in the distribution upgrade really torqued this system. The > wired/static connection ought to be seen and that interface should be > recognized and made visible, but that's not happening. Sigh.
it may not be eth0. run ifconfig -a and see if you can match up the mac address to what the card has (should be labelled somewhere). _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
