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airtel broadand connection through ethernet(static ip)
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able to ping 192.168.1.2(my ip address) but not my gateway. and also i've set the parameters (ip,gateway,nameserver etc)as set on windows
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So, you've got a static ip which is evidently held by your broadband device (because above you differentiate between gateway and 192.168.1.2)
I assume gateway is your broadband device and 192.168.1.2 is your dual boot Win/Slack_11.0 box? And that gateway is a router and that gateway also holds your internet side ip which is an internet ip (192.168.1.2 is not an internet ip, it's a local use only lan ip).
If that is so, what I'm wondering here is if your broadband device ID's according to OS (and perhaps mac address) then (within the broadband device itself assigns an id to that). Such held id by the broadband device, this id would need to be cleared and re assigned due to when a different operating system on your computer is booted.
I use (SBC_yahoo, now att_yahoo) a 2wire home gateway. This 2wire is a combo of dsl modem, router, amd firewall. It holds my dynamic ip address. And it "ID's" my computers on my lan (uses the arp protocol, it's always arping my lan network). A dual boot box on my lan would get two different ID's held in my 2wire gateway. IOW in one OS is one ID, in another OS is another ID. IOW, 2wire treats this scenario as if it's two different computers even though the mac address remains the same.
This is no problem on the 2wire since the 2wire can accomodate many computers.
Can you logon to your broadband device via a web page?
My 2wire can do so (logon) and I can clear out the afore mentioned "ID's" so that the 2wire can start afresh.
If this might be the issue in your situation, then it is a matter of clearing "ID" from your broadband device so the device can create "ID" for Slackware.
This is given if your broadband device holds only one "ID" or is otherwise full of ID's and needs clearing so as to start afresh in order to be able to create ("ID" for Slackware).
If it is so, then what do the other OS do to get ID cleared from broadband unit (that perhaps Slackware isn't doing).
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Alan