Can anyone help me in setting up my Ethernet network card to be able to connect to the Internet? If it helps, I'm on a Dell Dimension 9100 running SUSE 9.1 with KDE. Using the Internet works fine with windows. The ethernet cable connects from the computer to a router (which also has the cable of my other computer), and the router is connected to the cable modem. Thanks in advance.

ok, I have small abilities, still young to linux:
What about
"Setting Up an Internet Connection via Cable Modem with SuSE Linux 8.0 or Higher "
http://portal.suse.com/sdb/en/2002/06/cmodem8.html

What did you try so far?
Did you google for anything?
What messages do you get?

Cable modem are usually no problem.

I doubt you need to configure very much your eth card.
It will be all automated with suse

You might need to supply the DNS addresses used by your cable company
(do you know how to get these from your zindow$ setup?)

Just another random link
http://www.linuxheadquarters.com/how...blemodem.shtml

I assume you have a driver loaded for the ethernet card
type lsmod as root
type ifconfig as root
and post these back

This might help (you to learn) others to post some help

The router presence should not be a problem:
Your PC will get the lease (ie connection to the network via the router)

My lsmod is this:

Module Size Used by
snd_pcm_oss 61860 0
snd_pcm 109444 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_page_alloc 12548 1 snd_pcm
snd_timer 28804 1 snd_pcm
snd_mixer_oss 21248 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd 65892 4 snd_pcm_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_mixer_oss
soundcore 10336 1 snd
usbserial 32752 0
parport_pc 37824 0
lp 12164 0
parport 41032 2 parport_pc,lp
nvram 10248 0
thermal 13320 0
processor 17408 1 thermal
fan 4868 0
button 6928 0
battery 9476 0
ac 5764 0
edd 10648 0
joydev 11200 0
st 41500 0
sr_mod 17188 0
ide_cd 39300 0
cdrom 39452 2 sr_mod,ide_cd
sg 38304 0
hid 44224 0
ipt_TCPMSS 5248 1
ipt_TOS 3456 9
sd_mod 21632 0
usb_storage 64320 0
scsi_mod 114372 5 st,sr_mod,sg,sd_mod,usb_storage
ipt_state 2816 44
ipt_LOG 6656 45
ehci_hcd 29444 0
hw_random 6292 0
uhci_hcd 34192 0
usbcore 106204 7 usbserial,hid,usb_storage,ehci_hcd,uhci_hcd
intel_agp 18460 0
agpgart 30764 1 intel_agp
evdev 10752 0
ip6t_LOG 6400 2
ip6t_REJECT 8320 3
ip6table_mangle 3584 0
ipt_REJECT 7680 3
iptable_mangle 3840 1
iptable_filter 3712 1
ip_nat_ftp 6000 0
iptable_nat 23972 1 ip_nat_ftp
ip_conntrack_ftp 73008 1 ip_nat_ftp
ip_conntrack 33836 4 ipt_state,ip_nat_ftp,iptable_nat,ip_conntrack_ftp
ip_tables 19200 8 ipt_TCPMSS,ipt_TOS,ipt_state,ipt_LOG,ipt_REJECT,iptable_mangle,iptable_filter,iptable_nat
ip6table_filter 3584 1
ip6_tables 20624 4 ip6t_LOG,ip6t_REJECT,ip6table_mangle,ip6table_filter
ipv6 270980 25 ip6t_REJECT,ip6_tables
subfs 8832 4
nls_utf8 3072 1
ntfs 90956 1
dm_mod 54144 0
reiserfs 251984 1

Good or bad? I've tried every link you gave me, but it just cannot connect.

Do you mean you followed the instructions from these sites, and nothing work?

I cannot identify in the listing somehting that would be you ethernet card driver.
It might be there still and I do not know its name

type in a
su then your root password then
ifconfig -a
cat /etc/modules.conf
ifup eth0
dmesg | grep -i eth0 (trying to find out about your ethernet card)
dmesg | grep -i eth1
cut and past the whole result then type exit

and post here

I need to remember the command to find which driver is needed.
You need to describe symptoms and what you are doing exactly.

You have not answered my question about DNS

Maybe bad
See http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/history/348164

Did you search?

now then
type

lspci | grep -i pro (and report)

try to load the driver with
modprobe eepro100 (and report)

type
updatedb (if it does not work install the package)
locate eepro100 (and report)

http://pigtail.net/LRP/swap.html states it is indeed a driver called eepro100

if this locate eepro100 then
modprobe /path/to/module/eepro100

If not located you will need to find the driver on the net