Lester,
Thats the ticket the gateway is your problem. A gateway is a network
point that acts as an entrance to another network. On the Internet, in terms
of routing, the network consists of gateway nodes and host nodes. The
computers of network users and the computers that serve content (such as Web
pages) are host nodes. The computers that control traffic within your
company's network or at your local Internet service provider (ISP) are
gateway nodes.
Now note most addressing is done out of tradition but it might not be so
were you are at also assuming you are on a class c network. So lets say that
your ip address is 192.168.0.123 and your DNS servers might be located
192.168.0.1. so usually in this case the gateway is located at
192.168.0.254. But again this is left up to the admin who assigned the ip
address. Your best bet is to ask the Windoze and NETWET guy :) what the
gateway is. As soon as you get that you should be in like Flynn.
You can also check your network settings by typing ifconfig at the console.
and if everything looks good try to ping a site and if you get a reply your
up.
Cheers,
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System Admin Network Operations
Inherent Technologies Inc.
office (503)224-6751 ext 224
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lane Lester [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, June 22, 2000 1:14 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: [expert] Network Questions to Ask?
>
>
> At the school where I teach, we are on a T1 and a Win NT server. I
> have had Internet access in Linux before, so I know it can be done.
> However, for some reason, I can't get it going with my new 7.1
> installation. The install found my NIC automatically.
>
> Part of my problem is that I am the only Linux user on campus. Even
> the head computer guy only know Windows and Netware (our office LAN,
> which is another Linux horror story... but another time). So I'm not
> sure just what questions I need to ask the honcho to be sure that I
> get the right answers.
>
> I'm next to positive that I have my IP correct; it's not dynamically
> assigned.
>
> The mask is set correctly, as is the default gateway. However, there
> was a question for which I don't have the answer: Gateway device? So,
> during the install I left it blank. Is that my problem?
>
> We have to DNS numbers, and I put the first one in the spot where it
> was called for. I think that's OK.
>
> But I'm not sure about my host name. I understand that it has three
> elements, separated by periods, as in "a.b.c". Here's my thinking on
> that:
>
> a. Is this my username (on the school's system) or my computer's name?
> b. The college's email address is "emmanuel-college.edu", so I guess
> that b is "emmanuel-college" and...
> c. ... is "edu".
>
> Lane
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> Lane Lester / Madison County, Georgia USA
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