Internet Question from a newbie (No connection)
 

Hello everyone-
I just installed Fedora Core 5 on my older system. I currently have a DSL connection on my regular computer but when I try to switch the cable to the FC machine, I can't connect to the internet.

Before installing Fedora, the PC worked fine when I connected it to the internet.

Please let me know what I'm missing...

I can't download anything because I can't connect to the internet :(

Please help :(:confused:

Can you post the results of the following command:

/sbin/ifconfig

Here you go:

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: 348 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets: 348 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:28599 (27.9 KiB) TX bytes:28599 (27.9 KiB)

What brand/model of network card do you have?

Lets see if your system recognizes it. Could you post the results of this command:

/sbin/lspci

I think the line you may be looking for is:


00:0a.0 Communication controller: Rockwell International HCF 56k Data/Fax Modem (rev 01)

Thats a modem. What we're looking for is your network card. It appears that your machine is not seeing the network card. Do you know what kind of network card you have?

I knew that :D (Just kidding)

Which line would ne the Network Card? (I'm just trying to save myself from typing everything - since FC5 is on the other machine)

The line would most likely contain the words "Ethernet controller"

Looks like it isn't being recognized :(

Please post the output of

One other place you might look:

dmesg | grep MAC

Hey guys - neither of those 2 commands yield any results
(no errors either)

Well it would appear that it does not see your network card. Do you have another network card you can try?

I guess I could take this one out and try it?? :confused:

But isn't it weird that it worked when running Windows but isn't being recognized now?

Thats why I was trying to find out what brand/model you had to verify that you don't have a driver/compatability issue. Being as the fc6 install does not see the card there appears to be a compatabilty issue.