Internet HELP
 

Ok I have done the boot thing. Now i have other problem... I cant access the internet. I have a ADSL connection through a ADSL2 modem/router/firewall in one device, with one PC on the device. I tried from the "Control Panel"(dont remember how its called in Linux) and tried with all the connections but nothing, and i dont know what to write in the fields of the setup. Please help what to do. Im using Mandrakelinux. :cry: :confused: :mad:

What type of connection do you have, Wired or Wireless? Can you give us the output of the following commands (you will have to be root)

Depends on what you use...DHCP or manual settings of your TCP/IP settings.

Check out this url:
http://doc.mandrivalinux.com/Mandrak...c-network.html

:)

It is Wired. And it works in windows.

What to use ADSL or LAN connection?

try LAN. :)

This address might come in handy too:
http://wiki.linuxquestions.org/wiki/Networking

Which ISP are you using? They usually have the manual settings for an TCP/IP connection on their site.

The output of "ifconfig -a" is:

[root@localhost ~]# ifconfig -a
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:40:F4:A6:D3:51
inet6 addr: fe80::240:f4ff:fea6:d351/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:5 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:378 (378.0 b)
Interrupt:11 Base address:0xee00

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:23 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:23 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:1571 (1.5 Kb) TX bytes:1571 (1.5 Kb)

sit0 Link encap:IPv6-in-IPv4
inet6 addr: ::127.0.0.1/96 Scope:Unknown
UP RUNNING NOARP MTU:1480 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)

I called the provider and they told me that they dont know how to support Linux. And the links didnt help. What to do?

Your ISP sucks. The network settings are the same whether Linux or windows. All you need to know is if you get your IP through dhcp or if you have a static IP. If ADSL your connection almost certainly uses DHCP. If not, you can copy the values from the windows box that works, or recall your ISP and ask for your ip address, your netmask your default gateway and your nameserver.

This is the out put of "ipconfig -all" in windows. Is it this that you told? In what connection type and where do I fill the correct thing?


Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : *********
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : cyta.adsl

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : cyta.adsl
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek RTL8139 Family PCI Fast Ethe
rnet NIC
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : *********
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : **.***.**.***
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 10.180.0.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.180.0.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.5.102
192.168.5.101
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Saturday, January 21, 2006 8:16:10 PM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Saturday, January 28, 2006 8:11:36 PM

I tried some things but i dont know if i fill the correct data in the correct place. But it didnt work. Do i need to release the IP in order the connection to work? What are the command in Linux for releasing IP?

Please Help!

I don't know how to set up mandrake to use dhcp (I don't use it) but that is what you need to do.