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Old 01-10-2002, 01:35 PM   #1
Everest63
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Question Red Hat 7.2 w/ @home cable


When I had Mandrake 8.1 it was very easy to configure my @home cable internet connection with my NIC. Simply entered (during install) cx536842-a as Hostname and enabled DHCP. Didn't have to enter any Primary DNS, Secondary DNS, Tertiary DNS, Subnet mask or Domain info.
Installed Red Hat 7.2 and now I can't connect to the net. Red Hat 7.2 recognized my NIC, but during boot when it says "Bringing up ethO..." it stalls for 30 seconds or so and then says "Failed" for IP addressing. I never got a static IP address from @home so I have to use DHCP in Linux (& Windows). I have a Lynksys 10/100 NIC that I have an install floppy for that has Linux drivers on it. But since Red Hat recognizes it do I need the drivers from the floppy?

Thanks,
Andy
 
Old 01-10-2002, 01:40 PM   #2
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have you tried just reconfiguring it with either setup or netconfig ?? what does ifconfig eth0 give you on output ?? you might need your domain name and DNS servers in the settings along with your hostname you mentioned.. its been a long time since I had @home using Redhat.. moved so I have Roadrunner..
 
Old 01-10-2002, 01:44 PM   #3
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I use @home with my RedHat 7.2 distro. what I did to get my IP info was put my @home modem on my Windows box to collect the info. If you have a box with Windows on it try that.
Also you should be able to do it by plugging your NIC into your @home modem and running netcfg as root to set up the NIC. You will need domain info for that.
 
Old 01-10-2002, 01:46 PM   #4
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well, first i'd try and make sure teh NIC is setup up right, take of the modem, and edit /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 and make it somethign like:

DEVICE=eth0
BOOTPROTO=static
IPADDR=10.0.0.1
NETMASK=255.255.0.0
NETWORK=10.0.0.0
BROADCAST=10.0.0.255
ONBOOT=yes

just to see if it's ok. then run 'ifup eth0' and if it starts ok, run 'ifconfig' and see that the ip is right. if that works then... dunno really. make sure you've got dhcp set up in that file:

DEVICE=eth0
ONBOOT=yes
BOOTPROTO=dhcp

i don't *THINK* there's realy much else you can do if the first part does work ok...

damn it tricky... stop replying while i am!!!
 
  


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