How do I configure my network in Slackware? I have 2 computers connected to a Linksys BEFW11S4 connected to a Motorola SBV5120 SURFboard cable modem. Every other Linux distro I have tried (SimplyMEPIS 3.3.1, SuSE 10.0) has recognized my connection, so I'm inclined to think I did not configure DHCP properly. How do I fix this? Is there a config program I should run? Help would be appreciated.
RedNovember

Edit the /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1.conf. Put yes in the use dhcp section and scroll down to where it says default gateway and put the ipaddress of your router in there. Then type /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1 restart . If it gives you a dhcp error, install the dhcp package.

Running and answering the quesions there should setup your network just fine. This is the tool that also executes when you install Slackware and have installed the tcpip package.

Eric

I'm somewhat confused - netconfig asks me for a hostname, which I assume can be anything. Then it asks me for a domain name, and I don't know what to put, so I put dyndns.org (don't remember where I saw this). My internet connection still doesn't work. Should I use my router's IP address as the domain name? If so, how can I find that out?

I checked out my Windows computer's connection to the internet, and it says only "Detect IP address automatically", "Detect DNS server automatically", and "DHCP enabled". Thanks a lot, Windows.

My dad ran ipconfig on the other computer, so I guess I know my IP address now. I took tangle's advice, and have yet to reboot the computer to check it out. Do I need a hostname to edit? I'm going to reboot and see if the edits work.

make up a name for your machine eg. coreputer

as for domain name, you don't need one, but just put the same domain on each machine
eg. corenet.net
these settings will be mainly used locally not out to the net, as your DHCP server(ISP)
will put in all the right IP address and nameserver address etc for use out on to the net.

OK, I ran netconfig again, and this time it tells me TCP/IP is not installed. How do I install TCP/IP without an internet connection? I almost accidentally reinstalled Slack trying to do it from disk 1.

you will have to use pkgtool to install the networking packages i believe.
It's easier to just install everything from the start. So put your cd in
and run pkgtool. select the net package i think it's called. if you don't
have luck that way, then just do a full install from scratch and make sure you
install everything. sometimes when you have problems like these, it's easier to
just install all over again. i did it lots when i was learning.

Weird, it seems that pkgtool says I have the tcpip package already installed. What could be the reason? Note: netconfig only tells me to install tcpip if I enter a nonexistent domain name.

Hi,

By chance are you leaving the domain name blank? If so just set it to what you want your domain name to be i.e. workgroup, mydomain, whatever ....

You might have a corrupt install. If you use pkgtool, remove tcp/ip package then re-install it from the cd.

You should restart your network.

I can't figure out how to install things with pkgtool. When I select "From current directory" it takes me back to the root prompt. When I select "From other directory" it does the same thing. How do I install stuff?

"From other directory" put in the path to you cdrom drive perhapseg: /dev/cdrom
it would be faster if you copy your dics to your hard drive, then p[ut the path to your
disc images eg: /home/slackdiscs/disc1

Sounds like you may have corrupted your network package files.

Use 'removepkg' packagename - to remove the current network package from the system.

Then cd to the location of the package (mounted cd? probably in '/slackware/n) use 'installpkg' packagename - to re-install the network package (start with the 'inetd...' package first).

You can see what packages the system thinks it has installed by looking in the /var/log/packages directory; the files in here describe each package as well.

I reinstalled slackware - twice - and it still doesn't work. I don't think it's corrupted, because it seems unlikely that a file would be corrupted three times in a row.

Anyone help with this? Please? This is the one thing that is really bugging me about Slackware. I'll post my rc.inet1.conf when I get home from school.