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

[Tim Legg]

--- On Tue, 12/1/09, Juha Heinanen <jh at tutpro.com> wrote:

> From: Juha Heinanen <jh at tutpro.com>
> Subject: [Debian-eeepc-devel] Eeepc 1005HA: enabling network
> To: "Tim Legg" <kc0ofc at yahoo.com>
> Cc: debian-eeepc-devel at lists.alioth.debian.org
> Date: Tuesday, December 1, 2009, 5:47 PM
> Tim Legg writes:
> 
>  > 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?
> 
> once you have added an iface entry for your eth0 (wired)
> interface, you
> can turn it on by command
> 
> ifup eth0
> 
> or automatically at boot time if you also have
> 
> auto eth0
> 
> line there.  regarding configuration wireless
> interface, i'm using wicd
> package:
> 
> deb http://apt.wicd.net lenny extras
> 
> wicd can also handle your wired ethernet.
> 
> -- juha
>