No network after installing Hoary

[Kenton Brede]

On Sat, Apr 09, 2005 at 10:47:58AM -0500, Kenton Brede (kbrede at nixnotes.org) wrote:
> On Sat, Apr 09, 2005 at 03:23:17PM +0000, Ingi Bjarni Sk?lason (ibs at mi.is) wrote:
> > Here are the outputs you asked for.
> > 
> > ibs at ubuntu:~$ /sbin/ifconfig
> > eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:08:A1:25:9F:C7
> >          inet6 addr: fe80::208:a1ff:fe25:9fc7/64 Scope:Link
> >          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
> >          RX packets:59 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
> >          TX packets:95 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
> >          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
> >          RX bytes:9015 (8.8 KiB)  TX bytes:8226 (8.0 KiB)
> >          Interrupt:17 Base address:0xe000
> 
> OK, just to make sure this is a wired connection isn't it?  It looks
> like your not getting an IP from your dhcp server.
> 
> > ibs at ubuntu:~$ /bin/netstat -rn
> > Kernel IP routing table
> > Destination     Gateway         Genmask         Flags   MSS Window  irtt 
> > Iface
> 
> This is showing no routes.  You should have something like, once your
> dhcp starts working -
> 
> Kernel IP routing table
> Destination     Gateway         Genmask         Flags   MSS Window  irtt Iface
> 192.168.10.0    0.0.0.0         255.255.255.0   U         0 0          0 eth1
> 0.0.0.0         192.168.10.1    0.0.0.0         UG        0 0          0 eth1
> 
> OK, from here lets run dhcp and see what the output is  -
> 
> $ sudo dhclient eth0

I've got to run but someone else will pick up the ball.  Make sure you
have your cables seated correctly and you are getting link lights.  I
forgot to mention that in the first response :)  Also if dhcp isn't
working you could try setting up a static IP and routes.  That could help
diagnose if something was wrong with your local machine setup or the dhcp
server.
Kent

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