Well, yes! The proof of the networking pudding is that it's working
normally. ifconfig tells me that all is well, so it's pretty clear that it's
the applet that's got it wrong. But why?
On 07/09/2007, john lewis <johnlewis@???> wrote:
>
> On Fri, 7 Sep 2007 13:59:15 +0100
> "Chris. Aubrey-Smith" <cas194@???> wrote:
>
> > Many thanks for the pointers! I have read, absorbed, digested and
> > acted upon the advice.
> >
> > Here's another oddity: after installing my network printer (Brother
> > HL-5250DN, CUPS) a symbol appears which tells me that there is no
> > network connection and no network devices have been detected.
> > Meanwhile, I'm copying files between nodes and the printer is
> > working perfectly.
> >
> > Why is Debian lying to me? :D
>
> I doubt if it is, it is more likely the gui thingy that sits between
> you and the OS.
>
> open a terminal and type ifconfig (as root) and hit enter you should
> see something like:
>
> eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0C:6E:E6:E1:F8
> inet addr:192.168.1.6 Bcast:192.168.1.255
> Mask:255.255.255.0
> inet6 addr: fe80::20c:6eff:fee6:e1f8/64 Scope:Link
> UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
> RX packets:2859736 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
> TX packets:2258212 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
> collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
> RX bytes:2556916794 (2.3 GiB) TX bytes:260771766 (248.6
> MiB)
> Interrupt:16 Base address:0xe000
>
> lo Link encap:Local Loopback
> inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
> inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
> UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
> RX packets:2138155 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
> TX packets:2138155 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
> collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
> RX bytes:1506728840 (1.4 GiB) TX bytes:1506728840 (1.4 GiB)
>
> if you get something like this then all is well
>
> --
> John Lewis
> Debian (Sid) with the GeneWeb genealogy package
>
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