SUSE 10.1 not networking with router or Win ICS
 

Hi everyone, I have just moved into the Linux community, and am happy with what I have found so far.
My problem is that SUSE 10.1 simply refuses to connect to the internet. I tried first with a direct connection to my router (Speedtouch 585v6), then through my XP Pro machine on my quad-port NIC. ICS has been enabled, and there is an active connection with both machines, and SUSE itself says that networking is active. I need to be able to access the Internet with this system (and share across other Linux distributions and Windows on the same network).
SUSE has found and installed the suitable drivers for the gigabit link on the mobo, and XP Pro has all working drivers too.
Does anyone have any ideas as to what I should do now? It is a fresh install with no other programs loaded on. I can provide the networking items for SUSE but there is a lot to list here. Ideally I'd like this machine to receive its internet connection through the XP system, but am happy if it gets connected in whatever way.
(The XP 'server' is only temporary until my OpenBSD gateway hardware and software has arrived, since I know people would advise me to not use Windows for this)

Any and all help will be greatly appreciated, thanks!!

I'm not familiar with that router. Does it handle the connection with your aDSL modem or does your computer have to do that?

Are you plugged directly into the router, or using wireless. Is the router a NAT router?

What is the output of
/sbin/ifconfig
and
/sbin/route

Check if the default gateway is set for your router.
Also look at your /etc/resolv.conf file. If you are using DHCP, then your DHCP client should update this file with the nameserver IP addresses.
Otherwise you will need to edit this file yourself and add them.

If I get what you mean, the router deals with the ADSL connection. I plug directly into it (the Win PC gets its IC from there originally too), and it is a NAT router.

/sbin/ifconfig shows:

{eth0 not connected, skipped}
eth1 Link encap: Ethernet HWaddr 00:17:31:xx:xx:xx (end of MAC hidden ;) )
inet addr: 169.254.15.234 Bcast:169.254.255.255 Mask: 255.255.0.0
inet6 addr: fe80::217:31ff:fe9a:d029/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX Packets:9 errors, dropped, overruns, frame: 0
TX Packets:29 errors, dropped, overruns, carrier: 0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:2268 (2.2kb) TX bytes:3591 (3.5kb)

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX Packets:69 errors, dropped, overruns, frame: 0
TX Packets:69 errors, dropped, overruns, carrier: 0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:5078 (4.9kb) TX bytes:5078 (4.9kb)

/sbin/route provides:

Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface
link-local * 255.255.0.0 U 0 0 0 eth1
loopback * 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 lo

The router has a poor gui, can't check if the default gateway is set.
I'm using DHCP, and the resolv.conf is empty. Though I have no idea what to put in it lol.

Thanks for reply