I've searched through a fair number of threads here for research, but nothing I've seen has helped much.
I'm a semi-n00b, nearly a complete n00b for Linux, started with RH7.2, then used 7.3 for a few more days consistantly, but then dropped it. I dropped it because my network wouldn't work properly.
Now I have Slackware(I think 8.1, but could be older, I might upgrade if I figure out how to fix this problem since it seems to be a whole Linux problem...), and after quite a bit of time, I fixed my LILO instillation problems and found out by searching these boards how to temporarily fix my Virtual desktop problem of always having to scroll the complete desktop. But now I've worked my way to my network problem, and this has me stumped...

I'm running Linux on a P1 200mhz computer, and most things seem to be right if I do one test or another. When checking my hardware during the install, Slackware's installer recognized my model of my ethernet card, but when I ran lspci, it didn't give out a model name or number for the Ethernet Controller, like it should(In fact, it didn't give out names or model numbers for any of the devices/controllers...)
When trying to use Mozilla or Netscape, I get the standard "Could not connect..." page. So I thought, "Hmm, this is acting like Win98..." So then I tried pinging my computer with Linux from a WinXP computer, and that responded. So then I tried pinging some computers from my Linux machine. It pinged, all right. It didn't stop while I watched it either, went over 30 pings, then I rebooted it with the ALT+Control+Del command. Well, the computers seem to see each other there on a ping level because I tried pinging an empty IP address for my network while on my XP machine, and that didn't get any responce. So here are my stats for my network>
Linksys 4 port router/switch
1.7GHz P4 w/ WinXP
2.5GHz P4 w/ WinXP
200MHz P1MMX w/ Slackware8.1(? for version, but sure of distribution)

For my Linux computer>
IP Address 192.168.1.102
Subnet Mask 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway 192.168.1.1
(Not entered, but for the network on the other computers it says DNS Suffix: mn.rr.com)

As I said before, it pings the other computers well enough(just doesn't know when to stop when I used the command "ping 192.168.1.100")

Any and all help would be appreciated.

Followup:

I typed in my computer's(linux) IP address(192.168.1.102) for the address bar for my WinXP computer's browser and I got the Appache Server prompt page saying that Appache is installed on that computer, so I know it can see over the network. I just tried from that computer to use its own IP address for the internet address and got the same page. Then I tried using another computer's ip address(I used both 192.168.1.100 and 192.168.1.101) and got something about how they refused to connect, which was quite different from "Not able to connect to Mozilla.com" or whatever the prompt is....

per ping's man page, you need to use the -c command line switch:

ping -c2 <IP GOES HERE>

-c2 equals ping that IP two times. i normally ping another IP with 2 or 4. 4 being the default number of ping times in Windows.

I figured as much once I saw the ping command menu, where all the options are. Still, I don't understand why it works well with the network, but can't get to the internet.... Do I need to get any extra packages for either my router or cable modem since the modem is connected to the router?

Silly question here:

Did you edit /etc/resolv.conf on the slack-box to
point to your ISPs name-server?

What is the output of route? :)

Cheers,
Tink

Bingo! That's it. If using DHCP, there's no need to tinker with /etc/resolv.conf but since you gave it a static IP, you have to edit /etc/resolv.conf and add the DNS server IPs in there. Tinkster nailed it.

/etc/resolv.conf:

# Primary DNS
nameserver <1st DNS IP here>
# Secondary DNS
nameserver <2nd DNS IP here>

What if I don't know what my IP number is for m DNS server? When I type IPConfig for my windows machines, it says:
"Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : mn.rr.com", and when I try to ping mn.rr.com, it says "Ping request could not find host mn.rr.com. Please check the name and try again."
Or would it be my router? Jeese, how did Windows set it up so easily???

I fixed it! Haha! It's so nice to be running something other than Windows and get it to access the internet! I checked my other machines, found out their DNS addresses, but then I also saw that Dhcp was enabled on them, so I enabled it on my computer and now it works! In fact, I'm using this wonderful*shakes head* P1 200mhz computer right now! All that I could wish for now for the computer is a better keyboard, larger monitor, and my soundcard to work....
That, and to figure out how to get the wheel on my mouse to work. Anyone know what I have to have my mouse settings at? Right now it's set at the generic 2-button mouse...

Section "InputDevice"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"

Add the option line to your Mouse's InputDevice
section in /etc/X11/XF86Config


Cheers,
Tink

Is there a way to make the wheel scroll more? Would it be changing the numbers from "4 5" to "5 6" or "6 7"?

Yes.

No. You only change these numbers if you have extra buttons you want to use.

In KDE you can adjust the scroll rate in Kcontrol, other DE's may have the same option, and mozilla has an option to set the scroll rate or use system settings.

What about pressing down on the mouse wheel to use it like a button, so it lets you scroll by moving hte mouse instead of the wheel?