help me> linux can't connect to internet, yesterday it could |||| windows still can

vengeance_avatar · 07-05-2006, 08:28 AM

HI,

I am a beginer in linux, red hat linux 9 on a sys that has 2 lan cards(one on the motherboard that is busted and on on pci),windows xp and linux, my modem is a cable one. until yesterday internet worked on linux too but today linux can't connect. windows still can. i tryed a fresh copy of linux about 5 times and still nothing. Linux says, when it's loading, something like error getting IP adress.
Please help me.

trainpic · 07-05-2006, 10:18 AM

Do you use Internet Connection Sharing in Windoze to share the connection to your linux box, or does your linux box connect directly to the internet? in either case, the first thing to try would be opening up a terminal and entering (as root):

Code:

dhclient -r eth0
dhclient eth0