I am running Slackware on my desktop that has an Intel card built in, I don't know why, but slack 9.1 does not seem to be using it..

When I installed slack I set-up all my IP information, and then I checked them after I found out that the internet was not loading, I am not sure what to do next..

I figure that maybe the card is not being read, I want an easy way to check all of that, and to get all of that going.

BTW: I am currently using KDE on that machine.. but I want my settings to stay the same no matter what desktop enviroment I go into..

Most likely the module you need to support the card is not being loaded.

Enter "lspci" as root to see the cards in your pci slots (I am assuming it is a pci
nic card). You should see something that looks like the chipset on your Intel card.

To see if the module is loaded enter "lsmod" (It likely will not be loaded)

Then go to /etc/rc.d/rc.modules with an editor and look for the network cards.
Remove the # from the Intel card you have to get the module to load at boot and
then save the file. (#/sbin/modprobe eepro to /sbin/modprobe eepro). Reboot and now when
you type lsmod you should see the card module and your card should work.


#
# 3com 3c501 (consider buying a new card, since the 3c501 is slow,
# broken, and obsolete):
#/sbin/modprobe 3c501
# 3com 3c503:
#/sbin/modprobe 3c503
# 3com 3c505:
#/sbin/modprobe 3c505
# 3com 3c507:
#/sbin/modprobe 3c507
# 3com 3c509 and 3c579:
#/sbin/modprobe 3c509
# 3com 3c515:
#/sbin/modprobe 3c515
# This one works for all 3com 3c590/3c592/3c595/3c597 and the
# EtherLink XL 3c900 and 3c905 cards:
#/sbin/modprobe 3c59x
# Apricot Xen-II on board Ethernet:
#/sbin/modprobe apricot
# Generic ARCnet support:
#/sbin/modprobe arcnet
# AT1700/1720 support:
#/sbin/modprobe at1700
# AT-LAN-TEC/RealTek pocket adapter support:
#/sbin/modprobe atp
# BPQ Ethernet driver:
#/sbin/modprobe bpqether
# Generic DECchip & DIGITAL EtherWORKS PCI/EISA:
#/sbin/modprobe de4x5
# D-Link DE600 pocket adapter support:
#/sbin/modprobe de600
# D-Link DE620 pocket adapter support:
#/sbin/modprobe de620
# DEPCA support:
#/sbin/modprobe depca
# Digi International RightSwitch cards:
#/sbin/modprobe dgrs
# Intel EtherExpress Pro support:
#/sbin/modprobe eepro
# Intel EtherExpress PRO/100 PCI support:
#/sbin/modprobe eepro100
# Intel EtherExpress16 support:
#/sbin/modprobe eexpress
# SMC EtherPower II 9432 PCI support:
#/sbin/modprobe epic100
# ICL EtherTeam 16i/32 support:
#/sbin/modprobe eth16i
# DEC EtherWorks 3 support:
#/sbin/modprobe ewrk3
# Fujitsu FMV-181/182/183/184 support:
#/sbin/modprobe fmv18x
# HP 10/100VG PCLAN (ISA, EISA, PCI) support:
#/sbin/modprobe hp100
# IBM Tropic chipset based adapter support:
#/sbin/modprobe ibmtr
# AMD LANCE and PCnet (AT1500 and NE2100) support:
#/sbin/modprobe lance
# National Semiconductor DP8381x series PCI Ethernet support:
#/sbin/modprobe natsemi
# NI5210 support:
#/sbin/modprobe ni52
# NI6510 support:
#/sbin/modprobe ni65
# AMD PCnet32 (VLB and PCI) support:
#/sbin/modprobe pcnet32
# Red Creek Hardware Virtual Private Network (VPN) support:
#/sbin/modprobe rcpci
# RealTek 8129/8139 (not 8019/8029!) support:
#/sbin/modprobe 8139too
# RealTek 8139C+ enhanced support:
#/sbin/modprobe 8139cp
# Sangoma S502A FRAD support:
#/sbin/modprobe sdla
# SMC 9194 support:
#/sbin/modprobe smc9194
# TI ThunderLAN support:
#/sbin/modprobe tlan
# DECchip Tulip (dc21x4x) PCI support:
#/sbin/modprobe tulip
# VIA Rhine support:
#/sbin/modprobe via-rhine
# AT&T WaveLAN & DEC RoamAbout DS support:
#/sbin/modprobe wavelan
# Packet Engines Yellowfin Gigabit-NIC support:
#/sbin/modprobe yellowfin
# Davicom DM9xxx (9102/9132/9100/9802...)
#/sbin/modprobe dmfe
# SiS 900/7016 PCI Fast Ethernet
#/sbin/modprobe sis900

To be honest, I have never ran a editor, and so for that you are going to have to tell me what to do, here is a list of my editors that are on my computer:

Emacs
Kedit
Kwrite
Kate
Kommander Editor
Vi IMproved
X Editor
gEdit

For the lspci after using that command I do see my nic card, and line for that card reads

'00:0d:0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corp. 82557/8/9 [Ethernet Pro 100] (rev 0c)

Now I went even further, knowing alittle knowledge in KDE I checked the Info Center, under network Interfaces it shows my eth0 with the right IP, and the Right Subnet Mask, and it says Type: Broadcast, State: Up

Under that there is a second interface "lo" with a IP that is not on my network, and the subnet mask I have never heard of, with Type: Loopback State: Up

So I am not sure why the internet is not working..

UPDate: While looking at all of that, I figured that it was an IP problem, so since my network supports DHCP, I set it up using DHCP, did a quick reboot, and the internet it working great..

Thats for your help..