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Old 05-22-2002, 10:45 AM   #1
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Smile Thanks! :) Finally got my router to connect to the net


Although I never posted a request for help, through the postings here and with the help of a friend I was finally able to get my Linksys router connected to the internet. I want to extend my thanks to the knowledgeable people here and to my friend J for helping me.

(This is my first post while browsing the internet in Linux.)

I decided to post my problem and solution in case someone out there was having similar problems.

Problem:
I loaded RedHat 7.2 a few months ago and could never get the internet connection working properly. I have bellsouth.net ADSL service and was using an Alcatel Speed Touch USB modem. I never could get that modem working in Linux. I just don't know or understand enough about Linux to get that working. Last week I was able to obtain an Alcatel Speed Touch Home Ethernet modem from a friend of mine. It worked beautifully in Windows 2000 but it didn't work in Linux. So on some advice I got a Linksys 4-port router. Again, it worked beautifully in Win 2000, but not in Linux. J and I now have the exact same setup, but his worked in Linux and mine didn't. We went through everything we could think of to make sure I had the same settings he did. But we still couldn't figure it out. I could not access the router setup pages at http://192.168.1.1 and I could not access the internet.

Solution:
In numerous postings I realized I needed to see if dhcpcd was loaded. To do this, go to your shell and type:

dhcpcd

When I did this it informed me that it was already running. (yay). FYI: If it wasn't running then I would have had to load the rpm then do a:
1. ifconfig eth0 up
2. dhcpcd eth0

Then I went into netconfig (by typing netconfig at the shell) and that is where I found my problem. Apparently the dhcp wasn't checked off (even though it was checked off in KDE's Kickstart Configurator). Once I checked dchp, I was then able to successfully access the router's setup page and then the internet!

Hope this helps someone!
 
  


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