setting up internet connection

[Bruce Park]

Hello all,

 I just finished installing the base system for debian. Even though I don't 
have anything on it right now, it's still better than Redhat.
 OK, unlike what I thought would happen, when I was installing debian, it 
never prompted me if I wanted for internet configuration. I figure that this 
is the most important thing for me since I plan to get more software through 
this method. How can I set up dhcp so that it gets all the necessary 
information for my pc? I'm using road runner and I can also get info through 
ipconfig but I'd rather use dhcp unless someone can give me a good reason 
not to.
 All help is greatly appreciated.

bp





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Re: setting up internet connection

[sean finney]

heya,

it's strange that it didn't ask you about this.  are you sure that
it's recognized your network card at all?  what does ifconfig eth0 say?
if your kernel isn't recognizing it, you might have to load an
extra kernel module for it.  if your box does recognize your network
card, you just need to enable dhcp.  if you already have a dhcp
client installed, you just need to add the following lines to
/etc/network/interfaces:

auto eth0
iface eth0 inet dhcp

and then /etc/init.d/networking restart should bring it up.  if you
don't have a dhcp installed, do an 

$ apt-cache search dhcp client

to get a list of programs to pick from.  i've used the dhcp-client and
pump packages, both are pretty nice.


hth
sean




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