Hello,

I've just replaced RedHat 8.0 with Mandrake 10.1. The install went ok but my network
doesn't work. I can't even ping my gateway. I have a 3Com card that is a few years old.

At boot the eth0 interface comes up with no errors.
ifconfig gives me valid info.

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

DEVICE=eth0
BOOTPROTO=static
IPADDR=10.0.0.40
NETMASK=255.255.252.0
NETWORK=10.0.0.0
BROADCAST=10.0.3.255
ONBOOT=yes
MII_NOT_SUPPORTED=no
WIRELESS_ENC_KEY=""

/etc/sysconfig/network

HOSTNAME=mrburns
NETWORKING=yes
GATEWAY=10.0.0.1

/etc/resolv.conf

search qwest.net
domain qwest.net
nameserver 205.171.2.65
nameserver 205.171.3.65

I think the problem is in the drivers for my network card. But I know just enough to be dangerous.

Could someone point me in the right direction?

everything seems ok. Make sure that no firewalls are running:
iptables -n -L
If you get any rules then flush them with
iptables -F

Thanks for looking at it but I figured out my problem. Mandrake thought my firewire card was my network interface and didn't recognize my 3Com card. So I configured the 3Com by hand through the Mandrake Control Center. So if anybody else runs into this same problem that is what worked for me.