Problem using dhcp

[ishamael]

I have an internet connection through DHCP, and it works fine on windows vista. However, I'm having a problem using it on Debian. I've gone to Desktop<<Administration<<Networking, and set eth1 to DHCP from there. eth1 is also the default gateway device. I'm able to ping the default gateway. However, when ever I use IceWeasel or Epiphany, I'm unable to reach any website. Could someone help me out. I've checked the ip address in linux and windows(through ipconfig), and they match fine.

This is what my /etc/network/interface looks like:

# This file describes the network interfaces available on your system
# and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5).

# The loopback network interface
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

iface eth1 inet dhcp


iface eth0 inet dhcp

auto eth0





auto eth1

I've used this tutorial to tweak the setting(only used the beginning portion of it really, as I'm using DHCP, so I dont think I'll be required to specify anything)


Debian Networking for Basic and Advanced Users -- Debian Admin

[shikheey]

try these:

1)
auto eth0
iface eth0 inet dhcp

auto eth1
iface eth0 inet dhcp

save it;

2)
/etc/init.d/networking force-reload

3) ifconfig

4) then maybe success if there are no other issues.

Good Luck

[ishamael]

try these:

1)
auto eth0
iface eth0 inet dhcp

auto eth1
iface eth0 inet dhcp

save it;

2)
/etc/init.d/networking force-reload

3) ifconfig

4) then maybe success if there are no other issues.

Good Luck

Hey, thanks for the reply!

1)Done-I assume you meant to type iface eth1, not eth0 on the last line

2)Done-the last line was
bound to 192.168.1.3 -- renewal in 1516 seconds.
but then the done statement came quickly enough, so I assume it was done all right

3)This is the result of ifconfig:

eth0      Link encap:UNSPEC  HWaddr 07-E4-0A-00-2B-93-50-23-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:11 dropped:11 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)

eth1      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:16:D3:A1:3D:7A
          inet addr:192.168.1.3  Bcast:192.168.1.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::216:d3ff:fea1:3d7a/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:6 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:38 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:2504 (2.4 KiB)  TX bytes:6680 (6.5 KiB)
          Interrupt:169

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:122 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:122 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
          RX bytes:26789 (26.1 KiB)  TX bytes:26789 (26.1 KiB)

The eth1 IP addr. are fine

4)Nope, still not working .

I even changed my /etc/resolv.conf to give it the same primary DNS as the one I see in windows, but still no luck.