Networking devices, how to setup correctly

mrb302 · 05-02-2004, 07:38 PM

I am totally new to Linux, so bear with me...

I just finished installing JB Linux v 2.2 on a box I built. Previously an XP box, everything worked fine.

I went through the network set-up in the JB Linux setup menu, but I cannot connect to my router. The router should assign an IP, but the linux box still has the default loop back (127.0.0.1). Yes, I set it to dhcp.

What are the basic commands for setting up networking and IP?

Details:
JBLinux v2.2
also using KDE v2.1.2 (gui)

Tinkster · 05-02-2004, 07:43 PM

Never heard of JB Linux, is it based on some
other distro (so we can take better guesses
about how it might be set-up).

Cheers,
Tink

mrb302 · 05-02-2004, 07:57 PM

Pardon my newbie-isms, but I don't know quite frankly. The distro came from linuxiso.org.

I checked there and at the JB website which is www.jblinux.net. Neither site gives the origin if it was derived from another distro.

Would I be better off with a better know distro (as a newb)?

Tinkster · 05-02-2004, 08:15 PM

Not having seen it I must say I don't feel in the
position to say whether other distros might be
more suitable, but I must say that the information
provided on their web-site wouldn't entice ME
to try it (in other words, they don't say ANYTHING
about their distro - or at least I couldnt' find any-
thing I'd consider valuable information).

Cheers,
Tink