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Yet another IP config problem ;-)
I'm no stranger to network configuration but have hit a brick wall on this one and would welcome some fresh thinking to aid my by now frazzled brain.
I'm running a dual-boot system with Win2k and SuSE 9.0. Until recently, I was on dial-up but just the other week I went for ADSL and opted for a Netgear DG834 router/firewall/ADSL modem. On the Win2k system, I was up and running within 5 minutes. To date, the SuSE system is still not working and it's doing my head in.
By rights, I reckon it should work:
- The hardware works fine in Win2k.
- Ifconfig and ifstatus both show that the ethernet card is being detected (as eth0) and the interface is up and running.
- DHCP is operating correctly and the machine has been allocated an IP address (192.168.0.2) and the other parameters, eg netmask, all seem appropriate.
- netstat -rn shows that the routing table looks fine; it's using the router (192.168.0.1) as the default gateway.
- I can ping localhost and the machine's own IP address, so the IP stack seems to be functioning fine.
- I can observe network activity on the router, via the flashing LED, when I try to get out of the box but I get zero response. I can't even ping the router. (Pinging 192.168.0.1 is not a problem in Win2k)
- I can't ping the SuSE box from a Win XP box on the same router (it's at 192.168.0.3).
So we can forget DNS problems or anything of that ilk for the time being. This appears to be a fundamental IP config issue. But what's left to configure?
Speleo
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