Network manager- oop!

[Karl F. Larsen]

Avi Greenbury wrote:
> On Thu, 22 Oct 2009 08:27:33 -0400
> Gary Kirkpatrick <pegngary at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> Trying to get my network manager icon to load, I decided to uninstall
>> from synaptic manager.  I uninstalled the whole thingy and now I
>> can't connect to the internet at all!   How do I reinstall it?  Thanks
>>
>> gary
> 
> You'll need to configure the interface in the file
> /etc/network/interfaces. Firstly, save a copy of the file. You'll
> want to revert back to it when you get nm or wicd working. Then
> open the file in your favourite text editor, and comment out or delete
> all the current entries.
> 
> Then, to setup a DHCP connection add the following line:
> 
>   iface eth0 inet dhcp
> 
> If you want a static IP address, you'd write
> 
>   iface eth0 inet static
>   address 10.0.0.2
>   netmask 255.255.252.0
>   gateway 10.0.0.1
> 
> Where the IP address, netmask and gateway values are obviously
> substituted for yours.
> This is also assuming you're using eth0, which is generally correct,
> but you might be using eth1.
> 
>will then need to restart the networking:
> # /et Run
> # ifconfig
> to see the interfaces your computer thinks it has.
> 
> You c/init.d/networking restart
> 
> And revert to the original version of /e/n/i before using
> NetworkManager, as it doesn't tend to get along with them. 
> 
> --
> Avi Greenbury
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> 

	Thanks, I will try this. It looks like it can work.


73 karl


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