-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Monday 24 November 2003 12:58 pm, Margot wrote:
> Is your computer part of a LAN, or is it standalone? If you are not > part of a LAN, there is no point trying to configure it! If you > have just the one standalone computer, and you are trying to > connect to the internet via a modem, the Type should be 'modem' not > 'lan'. Hi Margot, I was thinking the same thing during the time I was trying to get my connection working, but eventually, it was while still in "lan" configuration mode that I got mine working. During installation (and any time I used the "network wizard" in "automatically detect" mode, it detected my NIC as being a "lan" connection. I just kept that default detection, and found my solution somewhere else...by re-setting my cable modem before booting into Mandrake (Linksys external cable modem connected directly to the NIC via ethernet cable). If I then want to boot into Windows, I have to again shut down, reset the modem, then boot up. And so it goes, re-setting the modem between booting into Linux or Windows. At least it's working...sort of. I've been told to consider switching the hard drive where Mandrake lives to be the "master" of the two hard drives (it's currently the "slave"), and this might make things a bit smoother. I've also been told that if I try that, I should be very careful about static electricity when switching the connections between the two drives, or I can fry everything...so I haven't tried that yet. :-) - -- Melissa -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/woP8jVbXUvsE8ukRAgL2AJ4y3oYzB4iwbAfw5Gs3GFkFX8Q0fwCg5sDh 8eMkUMt3hfbIveLYwtVBU6Y= =Ipoq -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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