Earthlink Cable and Linux- HELP!
 

Anyone knows if earthlink cable is compatible with Linux? I assumed it is, but I just get an IP from them 24.199... , but can't connect to the internet. ifconfig is set to accept DHCP. Same with the case with Mac OS X- it doesn't even get an IP. What do I do?

It is more suitable for networking forums.
So you setup your system as a DHCP client, and the entries in /etc/resolve.conf are the DNS servers on the Earthlink side, correct? What I am implying here is that if you
ping -c3 66.218.71.198
you get that the host is alive, but if you do
ping -c3 yahoo.com
you get host is unknown
Is it the case?

yes. that's the case indeed. I am using suse 8.2, but I booted with knoppix and it detected my connection just fine and I could browse the internet. What could be wrong with SUSE?

Prolly you should put DNS entries manually into /etc/resolve.conf
should look similar to
nameserver xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
where xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx is an IP address of Earthlink DNS servers, there might be multiple entries for DNS servers in /etc/resolve.conf each in a separate line. And the first entry should read
search domain
where domain would be
localdomain if you don't run your own DNS server.

Installed Lindows and having cable modem problems
 

I set it up with DHCP to use with earthlink cable.

I set KDE control panel's network configuration to use DHCP, I don't get any IP. What are the DNS servers for earthlink? I used 207.217.126.81 and 207.217.120.83, then got my IP reflected with ifconfig, but still can't connect to the internet. What else do I need to know, and does anyone know the DNS servers for earthlink cable modem service in NY metro?

Thanks!:newbie:

I see an empty file in /etc/resolve.conf :(