my mandrake 9.0 did not have this problem, and my 9.1 on my Compaq presario does not have this problem. i'm running 9.1 and what seems to be a problem with connecting to the Internet is really not a problem because i just noticed that the LEDs on the LinkSys router indicate that the laptop is connected and communicating with it. however, unless i run 'service network restart' or go thru MCC (control center) and hit 'expert mode' then Config Local Area Network and then Activate, then i won't get to actually use the Internet.

i went thru this earlier and some said to turn off the Hotplug using the Wizard, which i did and that seems to be working fine. except ofcourse for the routine of having to manually connect to the Internet even though the LinkSys seems to indicate that I already am....

any suggestions....?

9.1 works as smooth as silk in comparison to 9.0 and 9.2 for me except in a couple tiny issues and thats one of them

thanks

- perry