Trevor, Changing from dhcp to fixed ip fixed the problem and I can now travel the net.
Thanks, Tony. -----Original Message----- From: Trevor Rhodes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, February 17, 2003 12:35 PM To: Tony S. Sykes Subject: Mdk 9.1 beta3 network problem Tony, I had the same problem. As I'd been using dynamic IP addressing, I thought I'd change to a static IP address and see what happened. When I did, everything worked and I was online. I hope this works for you. Let me know. > As mentioned in the previous mail, I have done the acpi=off. Thanks for > the help but you have told me to do this 3 times now, it didn't work the > first time and it didn't work for the guy I mentioned from cooker > either. > > I reinstalled beta 3 and it did not work again. Seems like there is a > > bit of a problem with Realtek network cards. Mine is a RTL 8139 but > > there is a guy on the cooker list with a RTL8129 with the same > > problem. > > The route for the gateway is setup eth0 is there everything seems > > fine. > > So it looks like this is a show stopper for beta 3 for me and anyone > > else with a realtek card. Yes I have done the acpi=off and so had he. > > It has been logged at bugzilla > > https://qa.mandrakesoft.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1566 so now it's wait and > > see. Regards Trevor Rhodes =========================================== Powered by Linux - Mandrake 9.1 beta3 Registered Linux user # 290542 at http://counter.li.org Registered Machine #'s 186951, Source : my 100 % Microsoft-free personal computer. =========================================== 23:32:46 up 5:34, 3 users, load average: 0.06, 0.07, 0.02 -- Pity the meek, for they shall inherit the earth. -- Don Marquis -+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Business Computer Projects - Disclaimer -+-+-+-+-+-+-+- This message, and any associated attachment is confidential. If you have received it in error, please delete it from your system, do not use or disclose the information in any way, and notify either Tony S. Sykes or the postmaster <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> immediately. The contents of this message may contain personal views which are not necessarily the views of Business Computer Projects Ltd., unless specifically stated. Whilst every effort has been made to ensure that emails and their attachments are virus free, it is the responsibility of the recipient(s) to verify the integrity of such emails. Business Computer Projects Ltd BCP House 151 Charles Street Stockport Cheshire SK1 3JY Tel: +44 (0)161 355-3000 Fax: +44 (0)161 355-3001 Web: http://www.bcpsoftware.com <http://www.bcpsoftware.com/>
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