livecd install: eth0 issue

nacho14 · n00b Joined: 31 Jul 2003 Posts: 3

On livecd startup, it appears to detect my network card alright (eth0 detected, DHCP broadcasting for ip) and loads the appropriate driver (8139too).

However, when i dhcpcd eth0 or net-setup eth0 and select 1 at the shell prompt, it retrieves no information about the network that I'm on and ifconfig spits out only lo. I've tried manually setting my gateway/broadcast ip and that doesn't work either. Any ideas what could be amiss?

Thanks in advance.

hbmartin · Posted: Sun Oct 19, 2003 3:24 am Post subject:

So are you trying to select DHCP or manually set it up?
Do you have a DHCP server availible on your network?
Are all your cables properly connected?

Have you tried manually configuring with ifconfig and route as per the installation docs?

Harold

professorn · Posted: Sun Oct 19, 2003 1:06 pm Post subject:

I seams to have problem when i set my brodcast ip to my router, I don't know it it's just my computer/network thats odd or if it's a common problem :-(

hbmartin · Posted: Sun Oct 19, 2003 2:44 pm Post subject:

professorn · Posted: Sun Oct 19, 2003 5:22 pm Post subject:

But what is the brodcast IP ment to ba then, because my router/switch should send the pakages of data to it's correct destianion right? Or Im jus misunderstanding something?

hbmartin · Posted: Sun Oct 19, 2003 9:10 pm Post subject:

What is your gateway and router's IP?
And is there anything out of the ordinary about your network set up?

Harold

nacho14 · n00b Joined: 31 Jul 2003 Posts: 3

I got it to work after setting it up manually yet again. This time it worked... why it chose to work (after I supplied identical values before) I dont know.