On Thursday 18 July 2002 15:03, you wrote:
On Thursday 18 July 2002 05:47, Nick Selby wrote:
However, when I restarted the machine, eth0 failed again on startup.
When you say failed, do you mean it wasn't able to get an address via DHCP? Or do you mean something else?
No, I mean that in the log it said starting,... lo.....................done eth0..................failed
AFAIK, if you connect to the internet using PPPoE (if you have a user name and password for your DSL service, then it is likely that you are using this method), you need to have the PPP service started before you network card will get its address. This might cause the DHCP service to fail on startup.
The username and password are stored on the router. The linux box is set up for dhcp, and gets IP and name server from the router.
Again, if this is not what's happening, let me know.
I'm open to any and all suggestions!