Im using an Asus A7N8X motherboard and i am not sure how to connect to the internet, as in set up the hardware so I can browse websites.

Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks in advance.

what do you get when you do:

ifconfig
ifconfig -a
ifconfig eth0

Well Im not sure. I dont have access to my linux at the moment. I dont feel like rebooting for it. Im using Red Hat 9.

I try to configure my ethernet card, but its on board. And i dont see anything in the list of cards by nvidia for my ethernet.

the thing is, if you see the card in ifconfig -a, then the system recognizes it and you just need to setup internet. If ifconfig -a doesnt see it, then you have maybe a driver issue. I can't really help you until I know what the situation is.

if it's just an issue of setting up the net, you can always try:

dhcpcd eth0 if you are connected to a DHCP server of some sort (Cable/DSL router in many cases).



P.S. This post made me a Guru !!!!! (Does the Guru dance)

I understand all that, and I do select using DHCP, im behind cable and a router. But then it askes me which ethernet card I have.
Thats where it gets me.

Seeing as mine is onboard from nvidia and there's nothing on the drop down list for it.
Not even a generic one.

sounds like u are using a GUI of some sort. i dont deal with GUIs, open up a console and type:

dhcpcd eth0 and hit enter. see what happens.

ok, give me a few minutes. i have to boot up in linux first.
i'll be back.

Well, i noticed during boot, initializing of eth0 failed.
And in linux, it's not found.
So it could be drivers. Problem is, Im sort of a newbie when it comes to updating things in linux.

so

ifconfig -a didnt even show an eth0?

failed usually means (for me atleast) that it failed to get an IP but could also mean it was not found all together. if it doesnt show up in if config -a then it might be a driver issue.

Well I have the latest nForce drivers for Linux now. The kernal update. I just dont know how to do that, like i put in on a floppy but i dont know how to access the rpm in linux.

when you do ifconfig -a, if you dont see eth0 then you'll have to find out what driver to get. usually this is made easier by knowing what chipset is used for the card. you could then do 2 things.

1. find the driver and install it
2. configure your own kernel including support for the chipset.

i've actually never installed a driver myself. in redhat it found all my hardware and in gentoo, the same and when i have issues i always opt for kernel compiling because i know how to do it (and i know what to pick).

last resort if those dont work but maybe not the best idea is to just buy a network card that u know works (almost any 3com, Linksys,..etc. etc.) I have 2 Linksys LNE100TX cards that use the tulip driver (i know that info doesnt help you but just incase u have to go as far as to purchase a new card).

mount /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy

u may need to specify the filesystem. i reformatted a floppy as ext2 because i had issues with mounting a floppy then put what i needed on it so i did this:

mount /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy -t ext2


to format:

mk2efs /dev/fd0 i think

for more help on installing the drivers, i'd post a question in the hardware forum. but then again, they may consider it a double post. but then u could argue that this thread was a networking question and that one is a hardware question. so 2 seperate questions.

but again, make sure before you install drivers that you dont see eth0 at all when u do:

ifconfig -a

it doesnt see one. And even after installation, it shows my ethernet adapter, but yet when i try to activate it, it still says eth0 or eth1 is not present.

dunno, i'd post a question to the hardware forum at this point. im at the end of my knowledge base at this point.