Mandrake : Cable problems
I'm totally new in the field of Linux, and just installed Mandrake 9.1 on a ext2 partition blabla, next to my FAT32 file / windows partitions. I booted linux without problems, but when I tried to make a connection with the internet it failed completely.
specs : 2 ethernet cards (eth0 / eth1 ?) Cable (telenet - Belgium) proxy.pandora.be port 8080 auto script: pac.pandora.be:8080 I tried to fill in these properties in the browser but that failed miserably :p. Every time the connection attempt failed. I've already posted this at the distro forum, but I didn't quite get the response I wanted ;p |
How exactly did it fail? Can you access any sites at all?
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I just can't access the net, it's just like the ethernet cards aren't installed or badly configured.
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What happens if you type "netstat" at the terminal?
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At the startup I get :
ACPI daemon [FAILED] Don't know whether this is crucial to my system or not :p Bringing up interface eth0 and eth1 takes a long time, then it sends 4 probes, blabla, claims IP address Netstat : Active Internet connections (w/o servers) Proto Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address Foreign Address State Active UNIX domain sockets (w/o servers) Proto RefCnt Flags Type State I-Node Path unix 15 [ ] DGRAM 3196 /dev/log unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 6218 /tmp/.ICE-unix/dcop2038 -1057580701 unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 6217 unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 6200 /tmp/.ICE-unix/2058 unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 6199 unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 6197 /tmp/.X11-unix/X0 unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 6196 unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 6188 /tmp/.ICE-unix/dcop2038 -1057580701 unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 6187 unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 6170 /tmp/.ICE-unix/2058 unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 6169 unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 6167 /tmp/.X11-unix/X0 unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 6166 unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 6161 /tmp/.X11-unix/X0 unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 6160 unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 6141 /tmp/.ICE-unix/2058 unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 6140 unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 6136 /tmp/.X11-unix/X0 unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 6135 unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 6134 /tmp/.ICE-unix/dcop2038 -1057580701 unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 6133 unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 6097 /tmp/.ICE-unix/2058 unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 6096 unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 6089 /tmp/.X11-unix/X0 unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 6088 unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 6086 /tmp/.ICE-unix/dcop2038 -1057580701 unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 6085 unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 6080 /tmp/.X11-unix/X0 unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 6079 unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 6077 /tmp/.ICE-unix/dcop2038 -1057580701 unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 6076 unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 6046 /tmp/.ICE-unix/dcop2038 -1057580701 unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 6045 unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 6047 /tmp/ksocket-tsunami/kd esktopDuvpqb.slave-socket unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 6043 unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 6049 /tmp/ksocket-tsunami/kd esktop306cRa.slave-socket unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 6037 unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 6048 /tmp/ksocket-tsunami/kd esktopoRZHsa.slave-socket unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 6035 unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 6018 /tmp/.ICE-unix/2058 unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 6017 unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 6013 /tmp/.X11-unix/X0 unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 6012 unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 6011 /tmp/.ICE-unix/dcop2038 -1057580701 unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 6010 unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 6002 /tmp/.famh4LtSF unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 6001 unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 5994 /tmp/mcop-tsunami/Tsuka h-0805-3f0966a7 unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 5993 unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 5968 /tmp/mcop-tsunami/Tsuka h-0805-3f0966a7 unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 5967 unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 5958 /tmp/.ICE-unix/2058 unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 5957 unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 5953 /tmp/.X11-unix/X0 unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 5952 unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 5951 /tmp/.ICE-unix/dcop2038 -1057580701 unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 5950 unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 5945 /tmp/.ICE-unix/dcop2038 -1057580701 unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 5944 unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 5932 /tmp/.ICE-unix/2058 unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 5931 unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 5929 /tmp/.X11-unix/X0 unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 5928 unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 5923 /tmp/.ICE-unix/dcop2038 -1057580701 unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 5922 unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 5918 /tmp/.X11-unix/X0 unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 5917 unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 5911 /tmp/ksocket-tsunami/kd einit-:0 unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 5910 unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 5875 /tmp/.X11-unix/X0 unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 5874 unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 5873 /tmp/.ICE-unix/dcop2038 -1057580701 unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 5872 unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 5840 /tmp/.X11-unix/X0 unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 5839 unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 5808 /tmp/.X11-unix/X0 unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 5807 unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 5791 /tmp/.famwZ13Gm unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 5790 unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 5778 /tmp/.ICE-unix/dcop2038 -1057580701 unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 5777 unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 5765 /tmp/.ICE-unix/dcop2038 -1057580701 unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 5764 unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 5759 unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 5758 unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 5666 /tmp/.font-unix/fs-1 unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 5665 unix 2 [ ] DGRAM 5445 unix 2 [ ] DGRAM 4365 unix 6 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 5681 /tmp/.X11-unix/X0 unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 4354 unix 2 [ ] DGRAM 4309 unix 2 [ ] DGRAM 4261 unix 2 [ ] DGRAM 4256 unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 4238 unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 4237 unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 4234 unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 4233 unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 4230 unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 4229 unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 4226 unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 4225 unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 4222 unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 4221 unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 4218 unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 4217 unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 4214 unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 4213 unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 4210 unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 4209 unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 4206 unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 4205 unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 4202 unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 4201 unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 4198 unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 4197 unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 4194 unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 4193 unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 4190 unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 4189 unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 4186 unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 4185 unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 4182 unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 4181 unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 4178 unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 4177 unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 4172 unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 4171 unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 4168 unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 4167 unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 4164 unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 4163 unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 4161 unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 4160 unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 4157 unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 4156 unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 4154 unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 4153 unix 2 [ ] DGRAM 4140 unix 2 [ ] DGRAM 3811 unix 2 [ ] DGRAM 3581 unix 2 [ ] DGRAM 3535 unix 2 [ ] DGRAM 3458 unix 2 [ ] DGRAM 3454 unix 2 [ ] DGRAM 3255 unix 2 [ ] DGRAM 3207 unix 2 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 3079 I hope this can give you an idea of my problem |
*bump* anyone?
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Well ACPI has to do with powermanagement so I don't think its causing this problem.
What does ifconfig tell you? does it give you info on eth0? if you only get info on 'lo' then your NIC is not up, which narrows it down a bit. |
Why do you have two NIC's?? are you sharing your internet connection on a LAN?
Does you cable company gives you an IP by DHCP? If yes, is the NIC that is connected to the cable modem configured to get an IP by DHCP? |
yep, the second nic is for internetsharing in LAN. (older pc, running win98). checking ifconfig...
DHCP? We get an ip every time we reboot (or something like that). I thought I set my NIC to auto-receive IP |
[root@Tsukah tsunami]# ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:C1:26:01:B3:0C UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:69 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:28 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:100 RX bytes:4140 (4.0 Kb) TX bytes:4629 (4.5 Kb) Interrupt:5 Base address:0x7f00 eth0:9 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:C1:26:01:B3:0C inet addr:169.254.171.88 Bcast:169.254.255.255 Mask:255.255.0.0 UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 Interrupt:5 Base address:0x7f00 eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:01:02:A0:44:6D UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:100 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:12 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:100 RX bytes:11690 (11.4 Kb) TX bytes:2412 (2.3 Kb) Interrupt:11 Base address:0xb800 eth1:9 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:01:02:A0:44:6D inet addr:169.254.113.176 Bcast:169.254.255.255 Mask:255.255.0.0 UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 Interrupt:11 Base address:0xb800 lo Link encap:Local Loopback inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1 RX packets:169 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:169 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:10145 (9.9 Kb) TX bytes:10145 (9.9 Kb) I hope this is useful :p |
Have you tried configuring it through the Mandrake Control Centre?
If you set up which every network card the cable modem is plugged into to use dhcp it should work fine. Dizzy |
I think that you're not getting an IP from your ISP. Try:
netconfig -d ethX change X for the number of NIC that is connected to the cable modem After that type: ifdown ethX ifup ethX That's to renew you IP info from ISP |
Tsunami, angelrod was hitting something there. Is your cable provider dhcp? Almost all residential cable services in the United states do, so if you are in the US, you are dhcp unless youve got a buisness static ip. Dynamic IP, changes every so often, or atleast its supposed too, some people have had theres for over a year. - Point being,no way it will connect on earth if you dont set your card to obtaining that info automatically.
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I'll try those commands to refresh the ip later on. Does anyone have any idea why Mandrake is suddenly so slow? |
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