Card seen, but 127.0.0.1

ssrl78 · 05-29-2004, 12:15 AM

Thanks in advance:

New Mepis install on capable laptop, with MN520 card (uh, yes), that KDE sees. KWiFiManger reports a signal, and reports the right name for my router.

But I'm 127.0.0.1 on ifconfig, and no DNS in browsers. Activate, etc., and still no go in KWiFiManager.

This sure ain't the Orinoco Silver on Vector, for sure, but my sister wants it tomorrow, and I told her Linux would be better than Win98. HELP!

Thanks again!

dretay · 05-29-2004, 01:54 AM

You need to give the wireless card an IP address. Login as root and issue the following commands:

Note..... ** stands for your ethernet connection name (usually eth0 or eth1)

ifconfig ** down
ifconfig ** 192.168.1.40 (or whatever the IP you want it to have)
ifconfig ** up
route add default gw 192.168.1.1 (or whatever your router's IP is)

let me know if this fixes your problem.... if it does I will show you how to make it permenant

ssrl78 · 05-29-2004, 07:28 AM

Thanks so much! And thanks for enduring my ignorance.

Yes, how can these settings survive reboots?

You saved me ...

Thank you!

dretay · 05-29-2004, 08:22 AM

What flavor/version of linux are you running? The instructions will be slightly different for each version. What works for me (Slackware 9.1) is to modify the file /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1.conf.

ssrl78 · 05-29-2004, 08:49 AM

This is on Mepis' latest, which I believe to be Debian.