Re: auto-connect DHCP on boot up

2004-04-12 Thread Robin Putters
On Mon, 2004-04-12 at 03:20, Aaron Maxwell wrote: What is the 'best' (correct, Debian) way to set things up so that the connection is brought up automatically at boot time? -- The easiest way is to install etherconf: apt-get install etherconf or when it's already installed, just do:

auto-connect DHCP on boot up

2004-04-11 Thread Aaron Maxwell
This HAS to be documented somewhere, and I just can't find it... My workstation runs testing, kernel 2.6.5, and has the dhcp-client package installed. The net connection is to our cable modem via a network card. I can bring up the connection by running '/sbin/dhclient' as root, which at the

Re: auto-connect DHCP on boot up

2004-04-11 Thread Paul Johnson
Aaron Maxwell [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: What is the 'best' (correct, Debian) way to set things up so that the connection is brought up automatically at boot time? # /etc/network/interfaces -- configuration file for ifup(8), ifdown(8) # The loopback interface auto lo iface lo inet loopback #

Re: auto-connect DHCP on boot up

2004-04-11 Thread Albert Dengg
On Sun, 11 Apr 2004 18:20:22 -0700 Aaron Maxwell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ... What is the 'best' (correct, Debian) way to set things up so that the connection is brought up automatically at boot time? ... edit /etc/network/interfaces, add /modify the entry for eth0 (asuming that eth0 is the

Re: auto-connect DHCP on boot up

2004-04-11 Thread Aaron Maxwell
Thanks, it works now. Adding the 'auto eth0' line enables it. - Aaron On Sunday 11 April 2004 06:45 pm, Paul Johnson wrote: Aaron Maxwell [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: What is the 'best' (correct, Debian) way to set things up so that the connection is brought up automatically at boot time? #