as a newbie to this biz ... i dunno if i right or not ... but i use mandrake 9 and i had the same kinda problem with connecting to the internet... which i fixed as per
http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/errata.php3#gateway Error scenario: You have an ethernet card for the local LAN and a modem for internet access and you can't reach the internet. Why: Drakconnect wrongly asks for a gateway, and ppp can't set your modem connection as the default route. Solution: As root, edit /etc/sysconfig/network and manually remove the GATEWAY entry. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
