Hello all,

I just intalled MDK and can't get online. Here's my config, you will see that the Ethernet card is recognized:

[magali@ home]$ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8378 [KM400] Chipset Host Bridge
00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237 PCI Bridge
00:0a.0 Communication controller: Conexant HSF 56k HSFi Modem (rev 01)
00:0d.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): VIA Technologies, Inc. IEEE 1394 Host Controller (rev 80)
00:0e.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)
00:10.0 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 80)
00:10.1 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 80)
00:10.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 80)
00:10.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0 (rev 82)
00:11.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8235 ISA Bridge
00:11.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 06)
00:11.5 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8233/A/8235/8237 AC97 Audio Controller (rev 50)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV280 [Radeon 9200 SE] (rev 01)
01:00.1 Display controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV280 [Radeon 9200 SE] (Secondary) (rev 01)
[magali@ home]$

But ifconfig doesn't find it, it just shows lo. ETH0 shows only when requesting -a:

[root@ magali]# ipconfig -a
bash: ipconfig: command not found
[root@ magali]# ifconfig -a
eth0 Lien encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0D:87:93:B7:FE
BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 lg file transmission:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
Interruption:19

lo Lien encap:Boucle locale
inet adr:127.0.0.1 Masque:255.0.0.0
adr inet6: ::1/128 Scope:Hôte
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:309 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:309 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 lg file transmission:0
RX bytes:22720 (22.1 Kb) TX bytes:22720 (22.1 Kb)

Before I bombard this page with screen outputs, bottom line is: I'm lost. I've been to every DHCPD, **.conf file I could find, no success. How do I get ETH0 to boot?

Thanks for any help, I'd apreciate.

Jo
P.S. Before I forget: I'm trying to connect to my LAN at 192.168.0.1. I have another PC linked to it and the PC I just linux-ed connects fine when under Windoze so it's not a hardware/cable issue.

ifconfig eth0 192.168.0.1
if you use static IPs in your network. Use DHCP only if you have a running DHCP server (if there are only two machines, you probably don't have/need it)

Hi,

thanks for replying. Here's what I get:

[root@ init.d]# ifconfig eth0 192.168.0.1
SIOCSIFFLAGS: Function not implemented

there I'm lost :- ) Any idea?

My router has DHCP enabled. So I don't want to input one, although if there's no way around it I will.

Thanks,
Jo

Hi there,

I haven't gotten any closer to getting my network to start today so I thought I'd enquire again...Any ideas?

Thanks,
Jo

what do u ahve in this file

/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0

regards

Hi,

DEVICE=eth0
BOOTPROTO=dhcp
ONBOOT=yes
HWADDR=00:0d:87:93:b7:fe
METRIC=10
MII_NOT_SUPPORTED=no
DHCP_HOSTNAME=192.168.0.1
NEEDHOSTNAME=yes

I added most of it in the hope of making it work...SO far not good!

thanks,
Jo

what settings of the ethernet card so u want to get???

ip adress network etc etc


regards

Hope I understand U right: I have a router, a D-Link 604, with 192.168.0.1 as IP. DHCP is enabled. So I guess I don't need to specify a fix IP right?

Thanks,
Jo

u can specify a Static ip with a gateway and a dns server and that will work fine for u


regards

All of this goes into my ifcfg-eth0 file? I'm not too sure why the DNS since my router is suposed to be linking to my provider's DNS.

Care to show me what it would look like in my file?

Thanks for your time, it is apreciated.

Jo

well as i have experinced that if u do not use DHCP then u need to specify the DNS also

DEVICE=eth0
BOOTPROTO=STATIC
ONBOOT=yes
METRIC=10
MII_NOT_SUPPORTED=no
IPADDR=XX.XX.XXX.XX
SUBNET=
GATEWAY=XX.XZX.XX.XX

and then u can specify the DNS as

nameserver XX.XX.XX.XX

in the /etc/resolv.conf

How about trying a manual dhclient eth0 as root? Tried that, yet?

Hi all,

I'm at work so I won't be able to try before a couple of hours. Adz, do you mean go in as root and entering dhclient eth0 ? Going into a file? I'm not sure...

Thanks,
Jo

Just execute that command (just type it into an xterm or the console). If you get a "command not found" then try /sbin/dhclient eth0 or even a /usr/sbin/dhclient eth0. Post any results. This will determine if Mandrake is at all capable of getting an IP dynamically and will probably give useful error messages if it can't.

Will do. An hour to go at work :- )

Thanks. If networking doesn't work tonight I will feel drawn to the dark side (XP)...Just kidding.

Jo