Make sure your ethernet card is in full duplex mode. They are shipped in half
duplex.
Also, if you are using dhcp and @home you must still put your host name in.
It's not true DHCP.
-Chris
On Friday 20 October 2000 19:47, you wrote:
> Hello All
> I know this has probably been discussed here before, but I can't find
> anything that helps me.
>
> I have @home with an SMC1211TX Ethernet Card. I have used the help files
> and set it up accordingly, using drake config. It tells me that everything
> is okay but will not connect. Also I have an extra drive so I clean
> installed Mandrake 7.1 on it and everything worked perfectly until I shut
> the machine off and then tried to bring it back up, it would not connect. I
> wiped the drive and clean installed again and it worked, but when I shut
> down same problem won't connect.
>
> Any help will be greatly appreciated.
