via router into the internet

Player2 · 10-03-2003, 03:57 AM

I have a Netgear FA 310TX networkcard and a Longshine LCS-883R-DSL-4F Router to surf in the internet. My Linux distro is SUSE 8.2 Personal.
The networkcard is installed correctly, but i cant get into the internet. I cant ping my router. Could you tell me please the correct settigs for my router. The ip of the router is 192.168.1.1

/bin/bash · 10-03-2003, 04:11 AM

If you can't ping the router then it's probably a bad cable. Check for a link light on both the router and the NIC. Make sure you have a patch cable between them and not a crossover cable.

Try pushing the reset button on the router while they are connected or power switch.

Player2 · 10-03-2003, 05:10 AM

I checked this already. I can ping the router in windows.

mylo2003 · 10-03-2003, 10:00 AM

Does your linux box get or have an IP address?
You can find this out by typing in the ifconfig command.

/bin/bash · 10-03-2003, 01:29 PM

The first thing you have to do is setup the correct driver for your NIC card. Put a line in /etc/modules.conf like this:
alias eth0 <driver>
Replace <driver> with your nic driver. Then type modprobe <driver>.

Now put in /etc/sysconfig/network

HOSTNAME=your-hostname
NETWORKING=yes
GATEWAY=192.168.1.1
GATEWAYDEV=eth0

Put in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0
BOOTPROTO=static
IPADDR=192.168.1.2
NETMASK=255.255.255.0
NETWORK=192.168.1.0
BROADCAST=192.168.1.255
ONBOOT=yes

Now run service network restart and see if things are better. You may need to change the line BOOTPROTO to dhcp. If you do that then remove the IP address for that card also.