I run Windows XP and Redhat 10.0 Linux on the same machine. For a long time now I have only had internet access with the Windows part, because the computer has a winmodem and couldn't get on the internet with Linux. But at long last I have gotten a comcast high-speed internet connection, with a cable modem. I bought a router, and the computer connects to the router through the ethernet port (the router, of course, connects to the cable modem). So now I have three machines which connect to the internet through the router, all with Windows XP. So far, so good. But now I want to be able to sometimes boot up Linux on this machine and connect it to the internet also. I booted Linux up and started up the Internet Configuration Wizard, clicked on Ethernet Connection and clicked on forward, selected eth0 and forward, selected "automatically obtain IP address settings with DHCP" and forward, and then it said that eth0 was active.

This is the point where I had to quit, because I don't know what to put in for the DNS information (which I assume I have to do). Under Windows XP, which set everything up automatically (when I ran the setup program which came with the router), running ipconfig shows the following information:

Connection-specific DNS suffix: micske01.fl.comcast.net
IP address: 192.168.1.102
Subnet mask: 255.255.255.0
Default gateway: 192.168.1.1

How does this relate to setting the DNS information for Linux??

Thanks for any help,
John

DHCP should handle all of that for you. You MAY only have to enter an gateway address.

Ususally you wouldnt even need to enter a gateway address as the router will reply to a DHCP Broadcast request.

Typical dhcp clients are:
dhcpcd
or
pump

see if you have either on your system, (just type in the name and see what happens) if you do then run it as root and you will most likely get web access.

if you get into trouble with the program then just use the man pages.

cheers
-Rob

ps i think redhat ships with pump, but im not sure

I don't appear to have either of those programs (dhcpcd or pump). I've played around a bit more and modified the question, and then posted it to the network forum. I'm sure there is just some stupid thing that I am not doing. :-)

Can you post your configuration on linux:
ifconfig
route -n

Also, there is no RedHat 10 so which distro are you actually using?

Gosh, the CD says Version 10 (Liberty) but the doc manual says Redhat 9. So I guess it must be RH 9, huh?? Sorry. My mistake.

ifconfig produces:

eth0 link encap: ethernet hwadd 00.01.02.5F.CE.7A
inet address: 192.168.0.43 bcast 192.168.0.255 mask 255.255.255.0
(lots of RX and TX errors - not listed)

lo Link encap: local loopback
inet addr: 127.0.0.1 Mask 255.0.0.0
(lots of RX and TX errors - not listed)

route -n produced

192.168.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 etho
169.254.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.0.0 U 0 0 0 etho
127.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 0 lo

(I left off the headings of the columns)

It looks like you haven't picked up an address by dhcp. Do you have a dhcp server on your network or built into the router?

su to root with "su -" then try running "dhclient eth0".

Actually the problem is that dhcp is not set to be automatic.
How did u setup the internet connection?

Its been a while since I used RH9. But I do remember they had a nice windows based network configuration tool. If thats what u used, then make sure you set the DNS setting to be 'automatic' instead of specifying any number by hand.

OK, running "dhclient eth0" did the trick. All works fine now. Thanks much. Linux Questions comes through like a champ again!!

John