Shawn Christian wrote:
>
> Robert,
>
> I would recommend you check with your DSL provider again...
I checked today, it is DHCP.
Robert
>
> On Wed, 10 May 2000, Robert Krueger wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> > I'm a new Linux user, about 2 months. I have RH 6.1 installed as a
> > workstation on one HD, Win98 on the other HD of a new Gateway GP7-600
> > Mhz machine. My DSL internet provider installed a LinkSys LNE 100TX
> > ethernet card, which the designer of the tulip driver, Donald Becker,
> > helped me get working over a course of a week. ( in Linux ) It works
> > fine in Windows.
> > Here's what's going on. My DSL ISP told me that the IP address is
> > server assigned, and so I understand that this is the DHCP protocol. I
> > have installed the correct DNS Primary and Secondary addresses.
> > Using Gnome as root, I started the Network Configuration Utility.
> > Under the General tab, I put the Primary and Secondary DNS addresses.
> > Under the Hosts tab, only the loopback address is present. (127.0.0.1),
> > I did not add anything additional. In the Interface tab, I have:
> >
> > Interface: eth0
> > Proto: DHCP
> > Atboot: Yes
> > Active Inactive
> >
> > This is all I have done. When I select "Activate" for the eth0
> > interface, the dialog box locks up, and "inactive" does not change to
> > "active". However, if I log out, then log back in, the interface is
> > now "active" and my DSL works fine with Linux as expected. If I
> > select "Enabled" in Linuxconf, ( or Yes in atboot ) Linux will now try
> > to bring up eth0 at boot time. (My original intention) When the boot
> > process starts, it gets to the following two lines, and hangs. The
> > only way I can get out is Ctrl-Alt-Del.
> >
> > bringing up interface lo
> > bringing up interface eth0
> >
> > So, even as a beginner, I assume that whatever is locking up the Network
> > Configuration Dialog box when I try to go "active" is the same problem
> > that is causing intialization of eth0 to hang up during the boot
> > process.
> > It's checking for information somewhere that probably doesn't exist, or
> > is the wrong information, is my guess. But whatever it needs, is not
> > bad enough to keep the DSL from working, as I mentioned when activating
> > from Gnome. I really don't understand the process enough to guess
> > what's wrong. I've been through the Network HOWTO a couple of times,
> > but I have too many questions. I have also searched for any recent
> > documents on getting a DSL connection to work under Linux, but can't
> > locate any.
> > I'm very close to getting this to work correctly, if someone can help me
> > along a little.
> >
> > Thankyou,
> > Robert Krueger
> >
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