DSL Problem

[Paul den Hertog]

Hi Sandman,

>
>  sandman at earlgrey:~$ ifconfig eth0
>
>  eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:12:3F:E8:0E:6A
>
>  inet6 addr: fe80::212:3fff:fee8:e6a/64 Scope:Link
>
>  UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
>
>  RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
>
>  TX packets:4 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
>
>  collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
>
>  RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:324 (324.0 b)
>
>  Interrupt:18
>
>  
>
It seems as there is no IP address set in ifconfig. Try:
#* ifconfig eth0 down
*

# *ifconfig eth0 10.0.0.56 netmask 255.0.0.0 up


I also miss a gateway in your config.
Try:
**and
**# route add default gw your.router's.ip.address***

>  
>
>  sandman at earlgrey:~$ route -n
>
>  Kernel IP routing table
>
>  Destination     Gateway         Genmask         Flags Metric Ref    Use Iface
>
>  sandman at earlgrey:~$
>  
>
Paul