Network not at startup

[Gonesolo]

Hi I have just installed Kubuntu 6.06 on my home PC. I have a Nvidia Nforce 4 motherboard with ethernet card (also a wireless card I'm not currently using.)

My wireless card is unconfigured.

My ethernet card is configured to use DHCP and start at boot however when I start my PC I have no access to my network or the internet.

In order to get my network to connect I have to
Sudo ifdown eth0
and then
Sudo ifup eth0

Then my card will get an ip address from my router (linksys wmp54gs) and my internet works fine. This is not difficult to do but it is annoying to have to do it at every reboot.

[askrieger]

Re: Network not at startup

First of all, you can make life a little more convenient, even without solving the problem. Copy the following lines into the file /etc/rc.local below the line "#By default, this script does nothing"

ifdown eth0
ifup eth0

and above "exit 0". Then, you won't have to enter those lines by hand.

Can you please explain your statement

My ethernet card is configured to use DHCP and start at boot

Is it set that way in /etc/network/interfaces?