[newbie] configuration media for mandrake 9.2

2004-01-20 Thread jpreal
Hello, I am trying to install software with drakx coming directly from the net, i used to have this working with mandrake 9.0, but i can not remember how i did that!!! Does somebody can tell me what is the ftp or http address a need to put into the configuration media tab to have that working.

Re: Re: [newbie]

2003-02-18 Thread jpreal
hi, my system: processor athlon xp 1800 motherboard ECS K7S6A with SiS745 chipsets memory 250Mb DDR soundcard integrated to the motherboard sis7012 PCI 2 NIC realtek RTL8139 videocard sis315 router from british telecom (BT 5861 router) with NAT JP From: Greg Meyer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date:

Re: Re: [newbie] Ethernet Interface

2003-02-18 Thread jpreal
i ran the mandrake wizard and i have now ip address 192.168.254.10 on eht0 and eht0 is up. to test the card I ping 192.168.254.10 and it does reply correctly, then i plugged it into a hub where i have an other machine with an ip address 192.168.254.17. Both machine can't see each other, if i

Re: Re: [newbie] Ethernet Interface

2003-02-18 Thread jpreal
yes on both numbers there is .localhost.localdomain localhost From: et [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2003/02/18 Tue PM 03:19:43 GMT To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Re: [newbie] Ethernet Interface does it have names after the numbers ? On Tuesday 18 February 2003 10:11 am, [EMAIL

Re: Re: [newbie] Ethernet Interface

2003-02-18 Thread jpreal
Ah maybe this is the problem, my network card is an 100Mps and my hub just 10Mps, maybe the speed on the network card is not correct for the hub. But otherwise on the back of the NIC the light is on and the hub as well. JP From: Derek Jennings [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2003/02/18 Tue PM

Re: Re: [newbie] Ethernet Interface

2003-02-18 Thread jpreal
done that, still no response to ping from 192.168.254.17. To avoid problem with my hub I used a crossover cable to plug directly both machine running 100Mps NICs. I looked at the logs in logdrake and I get that: NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth0: transmit timed out eth0: Setting 100mbps full-duplex based on

Re: Re: [newbie] Ethernet Interface

2003-02-18 Thread jpreal
I followed your instructions and the card is now set to 10Mps half duplex but i still can't ping the other machine. Thanks for the tool is good to know. It's look like that nothing can go out or in from the networkcard. Am I doing something really wrong on that card? Do you think I need to

[newbie]

2003-02-17 Thread jpreal
Hi, I am new to linux so I apologise in advance if this question has been asked before. I am trying to connect my box to an ADSL router. Normally the router should assign an IP address to my NIC as well as the gateway...by dhcp. When i run dhcpdc the router doesn't assign the IP address,