woot !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I really don't know how - for sure, but the internet now works
I was tinkering with the drakconf, when i suddenly noticed that my linksys card got switched to eth0.
[dont know how, seriously]
I redid the settings, seeing that new eth0, and then it pretty much works now...
strange..
btw,
here's my ifconfig now:
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eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:04:5A:8B:F4:24
inet addr:68.170.222.5 Bcast:68.170.222.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::204:5aff:fe8b:f424/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:81322 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:53091 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:80656181 (76.9 Mb) TX bytes:16022396 (15.2 Mb)
Interrupt:21 Base address:0xd400
eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0C:6E:56:CF:65
inet6 addr: fe80::20c:6eff:fe56:cf65/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 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:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
Interrupt:22 Memory:feafc000-0
eth1:9 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0C:6E:56:CF:65
inet addr:127.255.255.255 Bcast:127.255.255.255 Mask:255.0.0.0
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 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:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
Interrupt:22 Memory:feafc000-0
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:621 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:621 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:64308 (62.8 Kb) TX bytes:64308 (62.8 Kb)
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vectordrake and everyone else,
thanks for all your help.
keyshawn