[Debian-eeepc-devel] Eeepc 1005HA: enabling network

[Ben Armstrong]

On Tue, 1 Dec 2009 12:55:31 -0800 (PST)
Tim Legg <kc0ofc at yahoo.com> wrote:
> So I have a kernel which supports the device according to the documentation above, but currently seems to not be enabled.
> 
> So here is what the interfaces file looks like:
> 
> % cat /etc/network/interfaces 
> # This file describes the network interfaces available on your system
> # and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5).
> 
> # The loopback network interface
> auto lo
> iface lo inet loopback
> 
> Aside from editing this file with an entry for eth0 (for wired) and eth1 (for wireless), where else do edit in order turn use the ethernet card?  Is there a configuration script for helping setup the configuration for the netwrok devices?

That should be wlan0 for wireless, not eth1.  But if you use wicd to
manage wireless and/or ethernet, you should not put anything
in /etc/network/interfaces for any interface wicd manages.

For info on alternatives for setting up wireless, see:

http://wiki.debian.org/DebianEeePC/HowTo/Wifi

If you continue to have problems getting ethernet to work, please send
us output from:

/sbin/ifconfig eth0

lsmod | grep atl1c

uname -r

dmesg | egrep '(eth[[:digit:]]|atl1c)'

as well as the contents of your /etc/network/interfaces and any other
particulars you deem to be relevant.

Ben
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