need help connecting to internet
 

i just installed mandrake 10 today and i want to connect to internet. im using cable internet right now but i dont know how to connect to internet. can someone step by step tell me how to.

thanks in advance

Use the internet configuration wizard in the Mandrake Control Center.
See www.linuxmandrake.com for documentation.

i tried it and it's recieving and sending some signal, but i still cant go online.

Open a console, become root (su - ) and type
ifconfig
route
cat /etc/resolv.conf

and post the output...


Cheers,
Tink

it says

search 6.53.17
nameserver 24.0.0.2

This makes for either a weird host-name or an
invalid IP address (either may explain some
problems).

What was the output of route and ifconfig?


Cheers,
Tink

this is what it says under route:

kernel ip routing table

destination gateway genmask flag metric ref use iface
24.6.53.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth1
127.0.0.0 * 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 lo
default 24.6.53.17 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth1

What is this, a router of sorts?
It looks as if the 24 is missing in the "search" bit ...

And what's on eth0?


Cheers,
Tink


P.S.: Still waiting for output from ifconfig ;}

And the output of ifconfig?
Try restarting the network. It might fix the problem with the /etc/resolv.conf being strange.

im doing all this by hand so this may it took some time.

ifconfig:

eth0(this is the network card, not the ethernet one)
link encap: ethernet hwaddr:.........too long
inet6 addr: fe80: : 240:2bfl:.................

eth1(the ethernet card)
link encap: ethernet hwaddr 00:50:04:a1:90:e0
inetaddr: 24.6.53.17 bcast addr: 24.6.53.225
mask: 255.255.255.0 inet6: fe80: :250.4ff:feal:9deo164
scope: link

the highlighted ip is my ip from the cable company. i tried restarting the network many times and it didnt work.

i just need to know what should i do to make cable internet work on mandrake 10