[Tfug] qwest high speed internet and linux

[Joel Howard]

Harry McGregor wrote:
> Hi,
>
> What does the output of ifconfig -a show?
>   
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:50:22:BA:09:86
inet addr:192.168.2.8 Bcast:192.168.2.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
Interrupt:11 Base address:0xd400

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:466 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:466 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:37833 (36.9 Kb) TX bytes:37833 (36.9 Kb)
> Also, dmesg | grep eth
>   
eth0: RealTek RTL8139 at 0xd400, 00:50:22:ba:09:86, IRQ 11
eth0: Identified 8139 chip type 'RTL-8100B/8139D'
eth0: link down
eth0: link down
eth0: link down
eth0: link down

The above looks like a problem.
> and you can try running "pump -i eth0" or "dhclient eth0" and see if
> either of those get you an ip address.
>   
"command not found" on both, and which command for both gave me nothing
in my path.
>                     Harry
>
> Joel Howard wrote:
>   
>> Robert Hunter wrote:
>>   
>>     
>>>> When I do ipconfig I get command not found, whether I sudo or not.
>>>>     
>>>>       
>>>>         
>>> Try 'ifconfig' or '/sbin/ifconfig'
>>>
>>>   
>>>     
>>>       
>> Thanks! It's been a while. I got it "up" by doing ifconfig eth0 up. It's
>> running and I can ping localhost and self. Still no go on loading
>> 192.168.0.1. Tried cycling the power on the modem and
>> unplugging/replugging the phone line but that didn't do anything. The
>> green DSL light went back to flashing, and the internet light went out.
>> I do have bind installed, though ps aux shows no processes with dhcp in
>> their title. Guess I need to figure out how to start the dhcp deamon?
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