On Saturday 23 June 2001 06:47, Rita F. Koenigs wrote:
> MandrakeLinux 8.0 and the modem that is supposed to be
> linux-compatible were both installed by the Tech Center at
> CompUSA ... I'm not sure if the modem was completely
> "configured" now that I've done some seeking.
>
> For one thing in Harddrake, nearly all the components are
> assigned a module, while the modem is not ... I press the
> configure hardware button and it makes the false claim that
> it's a winmodem.
>
> I checked in the PCI device listing, and saw this about the
> modem: Serial controller: U.S. Robotics/3Com 56K FaxModem 5610
> (rev 1), IRQ 5, 1/0 at 0xec00, bus 1, device 0, function 0.
http://www.idir.net/~gromitkc/20010604b.html
Says this model IS OK, but I am very curious about the behavior.
Harddrake is hard-pressed to have up-to-date databases with new
models of modems out every week. Just a couple of months ago
there were three PCI modems that were not winmodems, and just a
couple of months ago, we released 8.0.
>
> It looks like the Ethernet controller that's been sitting in
> the box for a year or so unused *is correctly configured
> though (too bad I don't have a network hooked up, or a high
> speed connection)!!
Whoa! If they configured the ethernet controller first, then
the internet connection is looking at it as the default gateway.
Go to Control Center=>Network & Internet=>Connection
Click on Expert Mode A button called
"Configure"
will appear. Click it.
Make sure you remove the configuration for the Ethernet
card--you can add it later as a LAN
Now configure the modem
then click on "Configure Internet Access"
NOW, You should be able to maintain your connection--it is the
default gateway that was wrong.
Civileme
>
> How would I go about correcting the problem, short of going
> back to CompUSA?
>
> Rita
>
> --- "Rita F. Koenigs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I opened KDE's "Advanced Editor" after finding
> > /etc/resolv.conf.
> > Edited it and saved it.
> >
> > This did not solve the problem.
> >
> > Rita
> >
> > > ===================
> > > OK Rita, humor an old man ;o)
> > > Do not open a terminal (for command line), open a text
> >
> > editor.
> >
> > > Any of the K editor's is fine, just be certain to do this
> > > as root.
> > > Now tell the editor to open the file /etc/resolv.conf. It
> >
> > may
> >
> > > be
> > > almost empty (or indeed, empty). Now add the three lines
> > > I suggested in my last e-mail:
> > >
> > > search nocharge.com
> > > nameserver <dns#>
> > > nameserver <dns#>
> > >
> > > Now save those changes and try to connect again.
> > > This is a simple matter of editing text, not using the
> > > dreaded "command line" 8^)
> > > HTH,
> > > Mike
>
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