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wats the ip you are getting?
you are getting ip or not?
run
Quote:
route -n
at the end you should get gateway ip
0.0.0.0 Some IP? 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth0
run
Quote:
cat /etc/resolv.conf
you should get dns ip
try to ping gateway and dns ;when u get reply from ping then you have internet connection.
if you cant see ip in ifonfig,/etc/resolv.conf and gateway ip network configuration is not done properly using yast
Last edited by prayag_pjs; 09-17-2010 at 03:55 AM.
I don't know who your cable provider is and Im not sure if you done this. But most cable providers bind your mac to their network. So make sure you restart your modem to make sure thats not your problem. If you modem has a gui you may sometimes need to login to it and do a soft reset or use the physical reset button to reset it. If you do a physical reset besure that the power does not get cut off during the reset process or you can corrupt your firmware.
I have no router lying around. When I unplug my laptop (with suse) and plug in my win mac, i've an internet connection without doing anything else. For ipconfig result see post above.
I wanted to get to know linux, so i installed it on my laptop to play around with. If i could just get internet to run, id have a solid starting position.
I realize i'm lacking general IT (orwhathaveyou) knowledge here, but hey gotta start somewhere.
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