By hardware adapter, he means ethernet card. Be very careful which you
pick. I have many "supported" ones that didn't work with my cable modem
setup on 7.1 and 7.2. I'd suggest an NE2000 PCI clone or 3Com 3C905tx after
all I've been through. Intel boards (2) are hopeless, Netgear (2) are
hopeless, SMC (1) are hopeless. I ended up buying 4 boards for $5 each
after going thru the name brand stuff to no avail. Same boards in same
machine worked under Windoze, tried to use same settings under Linux. Don't
get me wrong, I'm just trying to help you not go buy the same mistakes I
have a shelf of.
BobC
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Weaver" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, November 18, 2000 12:13 PM
Subject: Re: [newbie] This bites (further cable woes)
> Hardware Adapter???
>
> Mark
>
> jack dugas wrote:
>
> > get the hardware adapter that is supported by linux and you will have no
> > problem. then reinstall the OS and there you will have it . On the
internet
> > !!!!
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Mark Weaver" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: "Mandrake Newbie List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Cc: "Roger Sherman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Saturday, November 18, 2000 8:45 AM
> > Subject: Re: [newbie] This bites (further cable woes)
> >
> >
> >
> >> Roger,
> >>
> >> when you setup eth0 in linuxconf did you check for manual config of
your
> >> IP, or is it set to dhcp? the default setting is manual. This needs to
be
> >> set to dhcp. if you're not sure open drakeconf -->Network configuration
> >> -->Basic Host information -->Adaptor 1 (tab).
> >>
> >> 1) make sure "Enable" is ckecked
> >> 2) if it is not check Dhcp
> >> 3) make sure the correct "primary name + domain" field is filled
correctly
> >> 4) alias is optional
> >> 5) fill in your ip address
> >> 6) choose the correct netmask - most likely 255.255.255.0
> >> 7) choose the correct type of "Net device" (eth0)
> >> 8) click the "accept" button
> >>
> >> From here close the Network configuration interface and reboot your
> >> machine to set everything in motion.
> >>
> >> O yeah...one more thing. let us know how you make out.
> >>
> >> --
> >> Mark
> >>
> >> ...Wisdom begins when the mouth is closed and
> >> the palms are turned upward.
> >> On Sat, 18 Nov 2000 Roger Sherman had this to say!
> >>
> >>
> >>> So, when I installed 7.2 a few days ago, I was thrilled to see it
> >>> configured my cable modem for me. Yesterday, I decided it was time to
> >>> install a firewall, which I attempted. It went poorly, so I decided to
> >>> put it on the shelf til I could talk to someone who knew a bit about
> >>> it. My roommate wanted to use the PC, and go into WIndows, which he
> >>> did. Later I booted back into Linux, and saw as it was initializing
> >>> everything, that eth0 failed to initialize. The reason given was
> >>>
> >>> Initializing eth0 - Determining IP information via dhcpcd - failed
> >>>
> >>> I figured it was because of my botched firewall attempt, so I
> >>> uninstalled it, and still nothing. So, since Id just installed
> >>> everything, and nothing was really tweaked to my liking, I just
> >>> reinstalled the whole thing. Problem solved, and I was back online.
> >>> Until I rebooted again - this time with no firewall to muck things up.
> >>> Same result though, same message.
> >>>
> >>> Can anyone tell me how to get back online? I typed in ifconfig, and it
> >>> didnt tell me anything except that I was offline, I tried to
> >>> reconfigure my cable setup through DrakeConf - Network and Internet
> >>> Configuration; it told me it was starting eth0 again, then a minute
> >>> later it said it was already configured. In a terminal, as su, I typed
> >>> dhcpcd, but it didnt do anything. Thats it for me, Im a newbie, I have
> >>> no tricks up my sleeve.
> >>>
> >>> So is it possible to dual boot and still be able to initialize eth0
> >>> upon booting? Id really hate to think I might have to reinstall Linux
> >>> a couple times a week if I want to be online, but at the same time, I
> >>> want nothing to do with Windows anymore, and am considering making
> >>> this PC strictly a Linux box. Problem being, if I get knocked offline
> >>> like that, then I have to reinstall Windows to get help.
> >>>
> >>> Help!!!
> >>>
> >>> peace,
> >>>
> >>> Rog
> >>> http://www.slammingrooves.com
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >>
>
>
> --
> Mark
>
> Larry is NOT a cucumber...he's a stinkin pickle...
> WITH WARTS!
>
> registered linux user # 182496
> =/\= PINE 4.21 =/\=
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