SUSE--Can't connect to the internet
 

I just installed opensuse 10.0. I seem not to be able to connect to the internet at all. I have a sbc yahoo local network (wife's pc, my laptop, now my desktop with SUSE). How do I go about configuring my desktop to allow me to connect to the net with my browser/email, etc?

Thanks.

I go into Yast, network card overview . . .

Actton EN-1207D Fast Ethernet Adapter, started automatically at boot

but I can't seem to connect. I'll try to reboot and mess around some more, but if anyone has suggestions I'd appreciate 'em.

Well more info is needed, how are the machines connected to the net? which device do you use? router, modem etc.

You may have to set DHCP (should be in Yast somewhere), or if the device doesn't support it you could assign a manual ip address use the router ip as the gateway and DNS if you dont know them for your IP.

At http://cdb.novell.com you can do an express search to find the modem your machine would need to connect to the Internet through SUSE Linux 10.

Good Luck!

cousinlucky

SBC Yahoo DSL w/ router, modem, wifi in one (wireless package), all set up and working (both other computers connect fine).

PPPoEthernet


I'm afraid that's about all I know . . . I'm in the dark here.

what does ping 72.14.207.99 give? (Google - to see if it's a DNS problem)

check the network settings to make sure the machine is on the right subnet.
login as root with path:

su -
<password>

ifconfig

post the output for a machine that works and the one that doesn't

I am new to SUSE Linux 10 but while configuring the system I remember it saying there was a wall between networks while a computer was connected to the Internet. I could/very well might be very wrong here but try to set up you desktop to the Internet without the other computers on board.

cousinlucky

I'm going to try to install 10.1a3 to see if that can correct the problem. If so, I'll check the network configs to see what the difference is . . . if it helps and I can figure it out, I'll try to reinstall 10.0 and go from there. Thanks for the help so far guys.

a3? as in alpha?? before beta?? :P

It may fix your problem, it may cause a load more too. It looks to me something as simple as network settings but if you want to try a newer version then post back how you got on.

I installed 10.1a3 and had the same issue, so I reinstalled 10.0 and gave this another shot.


In Konsole, I tried to ping google, and I received "connect: Network is unreachable"

My ifconfig for the desktop is:

eth0 Link encap: Ethernet HWaddr 00:10:B5:F2:BA:3B
inet6 addr: fe80::210:b5ff:fef2:ba3b/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:4707 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:18 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:291001 (284.1 Kb) TX bytes:1314 (1.2 Kb)
Interrupt:5 Base address:0xc000

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:212 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets;212 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:- txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:14240 (13.9 Kb) TX bytes:14240 (13.9 Kb)

I've seen several other threads that have similar questions (including one just asked today), but I can't seem to get this working. Thanks for the help so far!!

Looks like there's no ip/subnet set. Probably because it's set to recieve them via DHCP and if your device doesn't do that you will need to go into the yast networking part and configure a manual IP/subnet mask (ipconfig in windows on another machine to find the info).

My apologies, i have never used Suse, so i am sketchy about what Yast can do for you

Alright, I've checked ipconfig in windows and have
Connection-specific DNS suffix
IP address
subnet mask
default gateway

As soon as I get back (I'm head out in a minute), I'll open up yast and see what I can do in there.

you should have a radio button for DHCP or manual, choose manual enter the data

Hm, I'm not sure I'm doing this in the right place. In yast, I go to Network devices, Network card, then click on the Accton ethernet adapter . . . change from automatic address setup (via DHCP) to manual static address . . . enter in the IP address/subnet mask . . . then changed the gateway to the default gateway.

Then I saved all configs, opened up firefox . . . and nothing, couldn't connect. Am I missing a step here?

Make sure you changed it for the right interface (eth0) then reboot.

do ifconfig again and post it