HI,

I have been trying to connect internet in linux with many distrubutions. I could not succeed in any one of them. it is working in windows. using ethernet card , there is a pacenet dialer which asks for username and password over pppoe protocol connects and then i start internet explorer in windows.

In linux I don't have any idea how to connect please help me out of this problem. It is bugging me like anything.

Thanks

first we need to know what NIC you have, run the command 'lspci' as root and post the output.

output of lspci is as follows:-

bvnrajusys:/home/bvnraju # lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 915G/P/GV/GL/PL/910GL Express Memory Cont
roller Hub (rev 04)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 915G/P/GV/GL/PL/910GL Express PCI Express
Root Port (rev 04)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82915G/GV/910GL Express Chi
pset Family Graphics Controller (rev 04)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) High
Definition Audio Controller (rev 03)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) PCI Ex
press Port 1 (rev 03)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) PCI Ex
press Port 2 (rev 03)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) PCI Ex
press Port 3 (rev 03)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) PCI Ex press Port 4 (rev 03)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) US B UHCI #1 (rev 03)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) US B UHCI #2 (rev 03)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) US B UHCI #3 (rev 03)
00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) US B UHCI #4 (rev 03)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) US B2 EHCI Controller (rev 03)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev d3)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FR (ICH6/ICH6R) LPC Interface Brid ge (rev 03)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) IDE Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FW (ICH6/ICH6W) SATA Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) SMBus Contr oller (rev 03)
06:08.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82562ET/EZ/GT/GZ - PRO/100 VE (LO M) Ethernet Controller (rev 01)
bvnrajusys:/home/bvnraju #

out of ipconfig in windows is as follows



Windows IP Configuration



Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : bvnrajusys

Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :

Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Mixed

IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No



Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:



Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/100 VE Network Connection

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-13-20-69-05-CD

Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes

Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Autoconfiguration IP Address. . . : 169.254.164.114

Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0

Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :



PPP adapter Connection to Netizen at Netizen:



Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : WAN (PPP/SLIP) Interface

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-53-45-00-00-00

Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No

IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 203.115.76.234

Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.255

Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 203.115.76.234

DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 203.115.71.66

203.115.81.38

I hope this will a good idea of what type connection and card i am having

problem : " Autoconfiguration IP Address. . . : 169.254.164.114 "

your windows machine has an invalid IP.
because it couldn't reach a DHCP server.

dont see how your windows can connect from those settings.. no proper IP set and no gateway... how are you getting somewhere.

Well, In windows it is working fine, I want to know why it is not working in linux and what is to be done in Linux - Open Suse 10.1

Please Explain in little descriptive manner, I could not understand what you want to say from your last reply. I believe you can help me out this.

try 'modprobe e100' then 'ifconfig eth0 up'. do either of these give errors or output? if so copy and paste it.

if not then they should have worked. then look with your GUI for your PPPoE tool to connect.

bvnrajusys:/home/bvnraju # modprobe e100
bvnrajusys:/home/bvnraju # ifconfig eth0 up
bvnrajusys:/home/bvnraju # pppoe-start
................TIMED OUT
/usr/sbin/pppoe-start: line 193: 4440 Terminated $CONNECT "$@" >/dev/null 2>&1
bvnrajusys:/home/bvnraju #

are you just connecting through your NIC and to a cable or dsl modem? try running the pppoe configuration/setup tool again and try connecting again.

Yes, it is connected directly through NIC , Ther is no Modem, PPPOE I have been trying for very long time. Only you can help me out.

you dont have a cable connecting your modem to the NIC on your PC? i believe you would have to..
did you rereun the configuration tools again to setup the pppoe connection? whats the output of 'ifconfig eth0'

Hi Nadroj,

When I have seen your Reply, I was very happy to know that there are people working hard to boost Linux Population. I think I have to contact my internet provider regarding this, which may be an expensive step.

But Now I give up, I think we are not going anywhere. I am switching back to Normal life.

Bye.

Thanks & Regards