Re: [newbie] network card detected....can't use internet

2000-09-14 Thread paddock
Hi -- I got the same message from Netscape about the $SOCKS variable. It left me stymied, and I don't like being stymied. I had to keep swapping back and forth to/from Windoze in order to get my e-mails (sigh!). CAVEAT: I am a first-time install of Linux, not an upgrade; if your

[newbie] network card detected....can't use internet

2000-09-13 Thread Craig Zutavern
I have a AMD ethernet card(model 79c970) that has been detected under linux mandrake 7.1 But i still have had no luck getting on the internet at all. I've set up settings copying from windows for dns, host name, ip, subnet mask, and gateway. all with no luck. When i try to use netscape,

Re: [newbie] network card detected....can't use internet

2000-09-13 Thread Greg Stewart
How did you configure your interface? Linuxconf? DrakConf? Kppp? Netscape is complaining because you have a DNS resolution problem. This can either be because you have you DNS configured incorrectly, or your network is configured incorrectly. Got to terminal, and type: ping 206.132.41.202