On Tuesday 18 November 2003 09:16 pm, Melissa Reese wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hi Melissa, > > On Tuesday, November 18, 2003, at 2:51:24 PM PST, you wrote: > > More stuff happens, but still no success. Here's what I'm getting > > now (starting with my typing "startx" and pressing "Enter"): > > Strike that. I've now got the KDE desktop coming up just fine. Now, > my big problem is getting my Internet connection working. Here's the > story of that... > > I have a cable connection. I'm currently using a Linksys external > cable modem, which is connected to my computer via USB. > > I also have a dialup modem, which I only use on those very rare > occasions when the cable is down. > > During my Mandrake installation, when it came to the connection wizard > (something like that), it automatically detected two items: > > winmodem > lan > > It suggested that since these things were already "configured", I > should just keep pressing "Next" instead of manually entering data > (IP address, etc.). I followed the suggested route, and everything > seemed fine. > > Then...when I got into KDE, and tried to use either email or the > browser, I could not connect. > > I've spent the past half hour in the Mandrake Control Center trying to > figure out what's going on with my connection. I also tried the > "Wizard" again, and while it did seem to detect my "sis900" device > under the LAN configurations, it didn't show my IP address. > > My IP address is *mostly* static, but it does change now and > again...especially if my ISP has problems, and things need to be > re-set. > > So...I think I'd like to start over fresh with this connection > configuration. I hope I've given enough information here. Please tell > me if you need something more specific. > > Thanks! > > - -- > Melissa > > PGP public keys: > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]&Body=Please%20send%20keys > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > > iD8DBQE/uuCFjVbXUvsE8ukRAhCPAJ0boIF+eY906q0RLpOBAYEfsEUZ1gCgnlMa > QD7D/ZJ4xSc0FM0DnGoayWI= > =vKwb > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- I will reiterate that a lot of people have had problems with connection and taken shorewall off of their system, but if you just disable it for the first time connection it will then work when reinitialized. Stop shorewall until you have successfully connected to the internet. It sounds like your problem is more of a configuration situation with the cable modem. Did you get a gateway IP address and DNS addresses from your ISP? Those will need to be put in the configuration to allow the modem a connection point. HTH -- Dennis M. linux user #180842
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