Re: [Astlinux-users] No Network Connection in AstLinux

[Kristian K. <kr...@kr...>]

mark weisler wrote:
> Hi,
> I am just getting started with AstLinux 0.4.3 and the system boots but does 
> not have networking.
> I look at ifconfig and eth0 and lo are there but there is no IP assigned. That 
> is there is no 'inet addr'.
> 
> 
> I see in the messages that a dhcp lease was sought at least three times before 
> the system timed out and moved on in its booting.
> It is an Athlon 64 bit computer.
> 
> The router is set up to issue IP's via dhcp and does so with other computers 
> on the net.
> 
> Any advice as to what to do?
> I also tried to go to /etc/network/interfaces to manually configure the 
> interface but that file is not in AstLinux.
> Is there a way to manually configure the IP address on my host?
> 
> If tried booting with and without the USB flash. I was able to configure the 
> USB flash using genkd and rebooted but that did not yield a network address 
> or connection.
> 
> Thanks
> Mark
> 

Mark,

	That is very odd.  Can you tell me what type of NIC you have?  Try this:

ifconfig eth0 192.168.0.11 netmask 255.255.255.0

(replace ip and netmask with proper values for your network)

tcpdump -i eth0 -n -vvv (and in another session)
ping [default gateway ip]

In the tcpdump window, you should be able to see ICMP echo requests
(maybe even replies :) ), arp activity, broadcast activity, etc.

To permanently configure a static IP address, you can set the EXT*
variables in /etc/rc.conf.  If

	What type of router is this?

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Kristian Kielhofner