i downloaded and installed fedora core 4...

but it didnt auto detect my onboard ethernet connection, so abviously i cant use the internet and i have to post on a different comp until i can get this fixed.

i thought back in the day when i had redhat there was a generic ethernet card to pick and it would work... i dont remember

can anyone help me get my internet runnin? if it helps any, i have an epox km 400 motherboard

thanks everyone

Hello,

Coud you post the output of "lspci -v" to see exactly which kind of NIC you own ?

Oliv'

what type of network card do you have?
and is there anything listed in the network configuration for hardware

i dont have a pci network card

all i know about the nic card is that its an onboard ethernet (its made on my motherboard)

i found a nic card, plugged it in and the driver for it is rtl8139 or somthing like that (either way the correct driver is there)

i pick the correct driver, it says its determining my IP address and then it says active

but i still cant connect to any websites,any ideas?

can you ping anything?

I bet its the entry in /etc/resolv.conf
it should have the entry for the nameserver (dns server)
the entry looks like below, where the ipaddress is for your isp dns server
nameserver 192.168.0.1

i looked at /etc/resolv.conf

and all it says is searching localdomain

I have installed Fedora Core 4 64 bit. Modem: External US Robotics. I have configured modem and its detecting also. But when run kppp it dials the number and goes in...after a couple of a second it shows error: NO CARRIER. I hope somebody can help me out to connect to dialup internet

ok im trying to get my internet working why dont you make a seperate thread

the output of rpm -q pciutils is...

pciutils-2.1.99.test8-10

if that helps is any way

ok do you have an ip address?
ifconfig

if so all you need to do is enter your ISPs DNS server in the /etc/resolv.conf
added like this

nameserver <ipaddress>

how do i find out my isps dns server?

it says that ifconfig isnt a command
i also tried ipconfig, (incase u misspelled) and no luck

i also tried both of those as root.... and still it says command not found

[edit] also please keep in mind that my nic card is plugged in but there is no ethernet plugged into my nic card right now because i have to bring my dsl modem upstairs and plug it into another computer to post online!

so if anything requires my modem to be hooked up to the comp that has fedora on it, please state that in your post... thanks everyone

ok yes i do have an IP address

all i need to know is how to find my ISPs DNS server

you can get the dns of your isp by using ipconfig on your windows box......

ifconfig should be there on linux. if you can't find it you need to modify your path.

try this to locate it.
> locate ifconfig