Hello
I guess the reason to get eth0 and eth1 is that I have two network
cards. I know there is built in card though I bought a good one and
inserted.
What is the working card?

I guess two cards is necessary when you have a server. One for the
Internet and the other one is for your network.
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linux-3vxw:/home/Niss # ifconfig -a

eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0B:6A:C2:93:EC
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:3 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
Interrupt:177 Base address:0xe400

eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:10:4B:45:5C:12
inet addr:87.251.126.142 Bcast:255.255.255.255
Mask:255.255.224.0
inet6 addr: fe80::210:4bff:fe45:5c12/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:530044 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0


lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:190 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0



sit0 Link encap:IPv6-in-IPv4
NOARP MTU:1480 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 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)

Well eth1 has an IP address, but define "working".

If you're not intending to use both of those, you should reboot your machine, enter BIOS (by hitting del or F10 or whatever you're told to, to enter BIOS) and disable the onboard ethernet card. That's the easiest route.

If eth1 has an ip address and you have a "working" connection, that's the card you're asking about. In that case eth0 is probably the internal one.

Now I am using open SUSE 10.2. I am writing using open SUSE 10.2. I can go to the Internet easily.

So eth1 is the working one.

The reason I bought an extra NIC and inserted was the built in one was rotten. It couldn't go the Internet. So I bought an extra one and inserted and connected to the Internet immediately.

What is sit O and lo here?
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Now I installed Slackware 12.0 on this computer. It can't go to the Internet. Slackware works but I can't go to the Internet from Slackware. It shows both eth0 and eth1.

Do you have any experience in Slackware network configuration?

sit0 is an IPv6-to-IPv4 tunnel. This is the only info I've been able to gather. lo is the loopback interface.i.e localhost 127.0.0.1

I'm not sure that Slackware is a good choice for you,
mate; it requires *reading* and *thought*.

Have a look at /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1.conf (I haven't used
netconfig in such a long time because I always hack my
files manually that I can't recall whether it lets you
set-up a second NIC or not).



Cheers,
Tink

In Slackware 12.0 , I found the following:

1. Settings

2 Internet and Networks

3. Network settings


When I clicked Network settings, the message was ' Your platform
is not supported'.

It showed me a long list and in it I found the following which
are supported. The list is a long one. All the supported Linux
versions is there.

Slackware 10.0
Slackware 10.1.0
Slackware 10.2.0
Slackware 9.1.0
Slackware 7.0
Slackware 9.0
Slackware 9.1

[ Mine is Slackware 12.0.]

I guess the problem is it does not recognizes my version of
Slackware.

Your thoughts are welcome.

I can't go to the Internet using Slackware.

And I told you which file to look at to alleviate that.

This is Slackware.

No hand-holding.

No GOOEY pointy-clicky stuff. And no, chances are that (whatever
WindowManager/DesktopEnvironment you're using) there's no way to
configure anything via GOOEY. vi/emacs is your friend.

I really think that Slackware is not for you. Or maybe, you're
not for Slackware?



Cheers,
Tink

I want Slackware. I hope someone help me to solve the minor issues.

For ducks sake ... edit the file I told you. No one else will
suggest anything else, because "That's it", there is no other way.

Edit /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1.conf using your preferred editor.

If you can't do that then there's no help for you.


Cheers,
Tink