didn't setup ethernet during the install of slack 10.1 but I did have the card in there and I want to set it up now. netconfig didn't work, ifconfig displays it as loopback running and dchpcd eth0 just locks up. can't copy and paste so i'll type as much as I think is needed.

ifconfig -a:

eth0: doesn't really show anything I can understand
lo: Link encap: local loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX & TX packets 244 and 0 for all else there
RX & TX bytes:18412 (17.9Kb)

rc.inet1.conf:

# config infor for eth0
IPADDR[0]=""
NETMASK[0]=""
USE_DHCP[0]="yes"
DHCP_HOSTNAME[0]=""

#default gateway ip addy
GATEWAY=""

ran netconfig before this, setup for dhcp and restarted and still nothing.
I have 4 other computers running windows on DHCP linksys router that are running fine so its not my network.

lspci returns:

01:11.0 Ehternet controller: Lite-On Communications Inc LNE100TX (rev 20)
Pretty sure this is the etho card (thought it was a netgear card though)

I've been trying to figure this out for an hour and don't want to have to reinstall slackware again just to get internet running.

Firstly you should goto your router configuration page on another computer that is online. Go get the information you need from your router. Then put that information in the configuration file and BAM, you've got yourself online (hopefully).


Hope that helps you out!

shouldn't dhcpcd eth0 work to grab the information it needs? It just locks up on mine.

nobody knows how to setup a network connection?

Could you post complete ' ifconfig -a ' output ?

are the correct kernel modules loaded?

if you can run the following as root

ifconfig eth0 192.168.0.1 netmask 255.255.255.0 up
ifconfig -a
ping 192.168.0.1

that will tell you if your card has the correct drivers installed.

then run

pkgtool [setup][netconfig] and select dhcp

all should now work.

eth0
Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:A0:CC:D2:7A:2A
inet addr:182.168.1.120 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:107 errors:174 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:170
TX packets:0 errors:26 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:26
collision:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes 15.5Kb TX bytes: 0
Interrupt:5 Base address:0x1400

lo
Link encap: local loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX & TX packets 244 and 0 for errors/dropped/overruns/frame/carrier/collisions/txqueuelen
RX & TX bytes:18412 (17.9Kb)

I tryed entering manual ip addresses in the rc.inet1.conf file so they are showing up there in ifconfig -a but before it gave me BOARDCAST MULTICAST in all the address places.

samac tryed that and ping worked for 192.168.1.120 (thats what I put in for ifconfig) and I did a cntrl C and told me 10 packets transmitted, 10 received. I did the pkgtool/netconfig and still no internet.

update: it will ping my windows xp computer when I have sygate firewall off so its on the network just no internet?

Maybe you should give your router IP for the GATEWAY value in /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1.conf
(don't quote me on this though, I don't know well dhcp config)

it updated my console from darkstar@root to sony@root so its doing something at least I put in 192.168.1.1 for default gateway as thats what my windows machine is giving me. I'm reboot and seeing if that does anything.

Does your router have a static IP if so put that IP address in the gateway section of rc.inet1.conf then restart rc.inet1.

have you a nameserver running ie. rc.bind

is your firewall configured to allow internet sharing

samac

router shows:
ip address 192.168.1.1
subnet mask: 255.255.255.0
DHCP server: Enabled

I'm using both static and DHCP
DHCP starts at 192.168.1.1 or 2
I put all my static at 192.168.1.100 and up

in rc.inet1.conf i have the gateway as 192.168.1.1

I don't know what the nameserver is (rc.bind)
What would internet sharing have to do with linux, wouldn't that only effect the windows machine?

Internet sharing (just used it as a generic term) probably better described as can your firewall allow other computers to access the internet through the router (NAT translation?)

You need to be able to access a nameserver to translate IP addresses to URL's. Bind is a linux nameserver.

Looks like my knowledge has just run out. Your setup looks similar to mine and my setup works with settings like yours.

I will get back if anything springs to mind.

samac

alright thanks, weird that I can get a ping to all my other computers but I can't reach outside the network like internet.

if you know anybody else that knows networking bring them in here please.