Ok. The device is changed to eth1 now, because I installed a linksys card to see if that had anything to do with it. It is supported by the tulip module just fine. All the playing around I've done, I have definitely ruled out a hardware problem. The lights to start to blink when I try to connect, so it is some connectivity error, I just can't imagine what since it works with 2.4.20. I didn't remove or add anything in networking for fear of never connecting again, so could it be just some difference in the 2 kernels that I don't know about causing this?

Here's all the output:

root@dabasement:/home/scruff# /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1
SIOCADDRT: File exists
Attempting to configure eth1 by contacting a DHCP server...
dhcpcd: MAC address = 00:04:5a:7f:d2:61
root@dabasement:/home/scruff# adsl-start
................TIMED OUT
/usr/sbin/adsl-start: line 194: 1783 Terminated $CONNECT "$@" >/dev/null 2>&1
root@dabasement:/home/scruff# ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:26:54:0B:F7:22
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:5 frame:0
TX packets:4 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:3
collisions:0 txqueuelen:100
RX bytes:60 (60.0 b) TX bytes:240 (240.0 b)
Interrupt:11 Base address:0xb000

eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:04:5A:7F2:61
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:92 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:123 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:100
RX bytes:5637 (5.5 Kb) TX bytes:6628 (6.4 Kb)
Interrupt:12 Base address:0x9000

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)

root@dabasement:/home/scruff# whatis loopback
loopback: nothing appropriate
root@dabasement:/home/scruff# ifconfig eth1
eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:04:5A:7F2:61
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:92 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:123 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:100
RX bytes:5637 (5.5 Kb) TX bytes:6628 (6.4 Kb)
Interrupt:12 Base address:0x9000

root@dabasement:/home/scruff# ifconfig eth1 down
root@dabasement:/home/scruff# killall dhcpd
dhcpd: no process killed
root@dabasement:/home/scruff# ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:26:54:0B:F7:22
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:5 frame:0
TX packets:4 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:3
collisions:0 txqueuelen:100
RX bytes:60 (60.0 b) TX bytes:240 (240.0 b)
Interrupt:11 Base address:0xb000

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)

root@dabasement:/home/scruff# /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1
SIOCADDRT: File exists
Attempting to configure eth1 by contacting a DHCP server...
dhcpcd: MAC address = 00:04:5a:7f:d2:61
root@dabasement:/home/scruff# ifconfig eth1
eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:04:5A:7F2:61
BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:92 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:125 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:100
RX bytes:5637 (5.5 Kb) TX bytes:7808 (7.6 Kb)
Interrupt:12 Base address:0x9000

root@dabasement:/home/scruff# gedit /etc/modules.conf (just checking)

root@dabasement:/home/scruff# adsl-startr
bash: adsl-startr: command not found
root@dabasement:/home/scruff# adsl-start
................TIMED OUT
/usr/sbin/adsl-start: line 194: 2088 Terminated $CONNECT "$@" >/dev/null 2>&1

Someone with a bit of knowledge on PPP should chime in sometime soon, I'm not too hot on the ins and outs of PPP.

Cool

Man, I hope so. I haven't been online with Slack since Friday. I've defnitely become acustomed to using linux and hate to have to boot to windows now.

Thanks for trying!

C'mon. Where are all the ppp guru's @?

I'm making some hard drive space to install mdk 9.1 again so I can compare some of it's files with the ones in Slack (like the adsl-startup script). Maybe I will see something.

Good idea

Have you checked your system logger frequently? After each progessive move to get your network up, see what the logs say, then compare those as well.

Cool

Its fixed
I don't know how though. I just re-installed and compiled the new kernel for the 10th time since friday and it works. I am using the Linksys card which may or may not have something to do with it. Now I have the internet AND the performance I need I estimate around 40 hrs spent on this one problem since Friday, and thats not including the week I spent discovering and solving the hard drive issue but DAMN it feels good to win!

Slackware is worth it I think. All those reinstalls and kernel compiles taught me a lot anyway.

Thanks for giving it a shot MasterC !