Internet connection

Keeble · 02-05-2004, 08:02 AM

i am using Mandrake 9.1 and a cable modem. i go to the network and internet control panel and go through the wizard and it says that it was succsesfull and the setting will be applied when you finish. but i have yet to be able to connect to the inernet.

trickykid · 02-05-2004, 10:17 AM

Post more details please? Error messages? You connecting to an NIC or USB from your Cable Modem?

Give us the output of these commands here:

lspci

cat /etc/resolv.conf

ifconfig -a

Keeble · 02-05-2004, 04:49 PM

in the network and inernet panel it says waiting.... then it says connected
by any chance would it bethat im using AOL??? or maybe my NIC(realtek) im not really sure. i use a dual boot windows and linux, and windows works but not linux

trickykid · 02-05-2004, 05:50 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Keeble
in the network and inernet panel it says waiting.... then it says connected
by any chance would it bethat im using AOL??? or maybe my NIC(realtek) im not really sure. i use a dual boot windows and linux, and windows works but not linux

You still haven't answer and posted the output of what I asked. If your using AOL broadband don't they require you to login?

And I don't care if Windows works.. that don't help us any when using Linux..

Keeble · 02-05-2004, 06:06 PM

i use an NIC and i dont get any error mesages, it justs ays unable to cennet to http://midmus.com in the browser. and thats all i really know
another thing. where do i put those codes in???

Kristijan · 02-06-2004, 12:23 AM

Keeble, bring up a console terminal and type them in there.

eg.

Code:

kristijan@localhost:~$ /sbin/ifconfig -a
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:04:61:46:FF:DB
          inet addr:192.168.0.2  Bcast:192.168.0.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:20945 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:23567 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:10471359 (9.9 Mb)  TX bytes:2278400 (2.1 Mb)
          Interrupt:11

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
          RX packets:9449 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:9449 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
          RX bytes:748606 (731.0 Kb)  TX bytes:748606 (731.0 Kb)

If your new to Linux and booting straight into GUI, there should be an icon down the left hand side that should bring up a shell. (Assuming your using KDE)

Keeble · 02-06-2004, 08:19 AM

ya i have a gnome and KDE machine
so i will try

Keeble · 02-06-2004, 08:29 AM

i tried all these commands and none of them worked, it showed an error message saying they were not commands