NIC Settings for IBM Thinkpad T30 / wired & wireless

[SYNass IT Ubuntu / Linux]

Hi Michael
Thanks for your reply !

Static IP ???
I have NO static IP !!!

There is an WL-MAPR (Wireless Modem - Access Point - (4-port) Router.
The notebook has the 2 mentioned NIC's: 
WL Prism 2.5 & wired Intel Pro/100VE

When installing Ubuntu 7.10 I choosed the 
Intel Pro / 100VE with IP ending 232 to be setup !

Now it's working with the "double screen icon" in the upper panel 
without changing to WL and showing its "bar icon" ...
... and very curiously: 
Active Connection Information shows eth0 / wired
with correct NIC info but all the IP's showing 0.0.0.0 !!??

I did not manipulate the entries in the /etc/network/interfaces 0;-)

Finally:
It works but I seem unable to switch between wireless & wired !

How what do I ? A newbie appreciates hints and help ;-)

TIA &cheers, svobi



  
On Fri, 2007-10-26 at 20:47 -0400, Michael R. Head wrote:
> On Thu, 2007-10-25 at 12:28 +0800, SYNass IT Ubuntu / Linux wrote:
> > Hello 
> > I am struggling with proper NIC settings !
> > 
> > The Thinkpad has 2 NIC's:
> > 
> > Prism 2.5 Wavelan
> > Intel PRO / 100VE
> > 
> > Currently I am able to access WWW and it seems to be:
> > Wired Ethernet (eth0)
> 
> > Data provided for this Gutsy installation was 232, netmask, 
> > gateway and the 2 DNS's. !  
> > 
> > Please advise and hint to my proper settings. 
> 
> Are you sure you need static IP configuration? I have a T30 (though I
> recently replaced the prism wireless with an atheros minipci card so I
> could get 802.11g speeds). 
> 
> I have only loopback setup in /etc/network/interfaces, and network
> manager handles both wired and wireless setup.
> 
> > TIA & cheers, svobi
> > 
> >