Eddie, > >Define "appropriately"... > > Definition = Copied from a latop on the same network, except with > different IP :-) > > # /etc/network/interfaces -- blah blah > # The loopback interface > auto lo > iface lo inet loopback > # The First NIC - Created by me manually, coz the install has NFI > iface eth0 inet static > address 192.168.0.2 > netmask 255.255.255.255.0 > network 192.168.0.0 > broadcast 192.168.0.255 > gateway 192.168.0.1
Looks right. Have you ever tried etherconf: apt-cache show etherconf > >Make sure that "network" in /etc/rc2.d/ is actually starting. > > Did this (I think) by creating the sym' link; > S40networking -> ../init.d/networking > Hope this is right... got this frm finding same in rcS.d That sounds about right, however, it might have been better to do: update-rc.d networking defaults 5 DSL -- Open Source Business Network SA http://osbn.inetd.com.au/ Open Source Industry Australia http://osia.net.au/ -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
