Hello,
I am very new to linux and am trying to configure a 10.1 slackbox. I am running KDE, but my router doesn't see the network card. I believe the problem to be eth0 not starting on boot. Any suggestions?
Thank You,
TerrorCichlid

look inside /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1.conf modify the values and after .rc.inet1 restart

also, "ifconfig" can be used to bring a network interface up at anytime. Such as "ifconfig eth0 up", and if you are running DHCP, "dhcpcd eth0" will try and grab an IP.

first of all isnt your router who see your network card, is you computer who will see the network card and search in the network for the router.

second its normal to your eth card start with the system, read to go, if it doesnt probably you havent configured your network during the process or you havent the right nic module.

the first is easy to solve, just go to the console and type as root netconfig, if you are using DHCP in your router you can try dhcpcd eth0 and check the config with ifconfig

if the problem is the module them its other history...

EDITED: I havent seen the above post... lol

what values???

What's the output for /sbin/ifconfig? Is your NIC details displayed when running /sbin/lspci?

/sbin/lspci displays the correct ethernet controller. I have setup my /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1.conf to run with my routers static ip address already. The local network light on my router/modem does not come on when I plug in the cat5, thus my router does not "see" my Ethernet card. It is an onboard lan (sis900 pci fast Ethernet(rev 40)). Ifconfig eth0 up did not seem to do anything. Ifconfig shows eth0 running and lo(loopback) are running. If there is more information you need please ask.
Thank You,
TerrorCichlid

ifconfig -a show your IP, netmask and all ?
You tried to ping your router address ?

Yes ifconfig shows all the ip information under the loopback. Is that right? Pinging 127.0.0.1 begins to show 64 bytes from 127.0.0.1 icmp_seq1 ttl=64 time=0.018 ms and then it repeats changing the seq up by one infinitely.
TerrorCichlid

Do you see sis900 in the modules list when you run lsmod ?

Yes I do see sis900. To correct myself earlier I said I did see my ip when I run ifconfig, but I don't the 127.0.0.1 is not my routers ip. If I ping my real ip it does the same thing.
TerrorCichlid

Do you see your router address from the output of :
/sbin/route

Something like :
default <router IP> 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth0

gateway is a * and genmask shows the correct submask, but not the static anywhere. I fixed /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1.conf and now ifconfig shows my correct ip information under eth0.

Did you add the router address as default gateway IP address
in rc.inet1.conf ?

[edit]
do a /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1 stop followed by a /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1 start
to take the change in account

yes