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Strange - the driver is loading and you are able to set an IP address - so far, so good... But you cannot even ping the 'card' from the PC it is 'installed' in?? So I would say it was a driver problem too. Simplest solution would be to install a cheap PCI card - you can disable the onboard one in the BIOS. Chris

Pity you reinstalled - the answer may have been in your old /etc/modules file - I wonder if you need to specify the IRQ/something else when the module is loaded. Might help to have a look here:http://www.scyld.com/tulip.html Only other thoughts I have at the moment are - is the tulip 'card' an onboard one - if so, check your BIOS. If both cards are 'real' PCI cards, try swapping the slots - sometimes works wonders. Have you tried booting say, knoppix ? Does it work here (you can often get useful info from knoppix output) Or get a new (cheap) NIC - got to be easier than installing another distro. :) Chris

Just to clarify - are you still having problems?

Looks kind of intermittent... Few possibilities: Have you tried swapping the cables for known good ones? This NIC is running at 10Mbs - is the router operating at 100? I believe some have to be set. Check the other PCs to see what speed they are running at. May be able to force the speed on the NIC with the ifconfig 'media' argument - see man ifconfig. Assuming the router IP address is 129.78.177.1, your routing table is OK You will need to install iptables to get the iptables command to work (Type "urpmi iptables" as root) But this probably isn't the problem here. Can you ping the problem NIC? i.e. "ping 129.78.177.112" Chris

Have a look at the sticky post at the top of the networking forum. Try the advice there - if you still get problems, post the output of the requested commands (ifconfig, route etc). Also a description of your physical network. >> the card seems to be able to send and receive Do you mean you can ping your router or other machines? Chris

The security levels are mainly used to set file access, logging, periodic checks, certain networking options etc... Have a look in mcc and msec . The higher settings can do annoying things like changing permissions on a public samba shared directory in /home every hour (he said from experience...) and disabling your servers - the higher levels are probably not needed if you are not allowing the public in. (individual settings can be tweaked) Servers can be enabled with the chkconfig command (see the howto) The firewall will need to be have certain ports opened up to allow packets in to your machine. This is indeed a separate operation. The servers will of course also need to be told to listen to those ports on the required interface. You didn't say exactly what you are trying to do, and how far you have got - Public or private access? As I said, if you are 'going public' i.e. opening up incoming ports on an internet facing interface, you really should do a bit of reading...

If you wish to run a publicly accessible server, you should read (and understand) the shorewall (firewall) and server docs/howtos - remember (unlike some systems) Linux starts off blocking everything - you have to allow access. If you are only running the servers on a private LAN, then the standard security setting should suffice. (but you will still have to configure them to allow access). Webmin is an excellent tool for setting up your servers (urpmi webmin to install)

Type "urpmi wireless-tools" at the command line (as root) or use the install new software gui. How far have you got? Are the airo and airo_cs modules getting loaded? (type "lsmod | grep airo" - you should get 2 lines output with the driver module names at the beginning) If you type ifconfig, does the interface show up? Best try getting it going without WEP first, then adding it later, when it is working - one less step to worry about... Post output of the above commands if you are unsure what they mean. Cisco have a piece of software called acu which can be used to configure the card - you can download it from their website. You will know if you are using it - it has a huge Cisco logo. Chris

Is this the PCMCIA version? Are you using Cisco's acu utility? Does it work OK without WEP? Yes, install WiFi tools Try iwconfig wifi0 key [1] A1B2C3D4E5.... OPEN # (where [1] is the key number to use, entered WITH the square braces and A1 etc is a hex string WEP key) This works for me on a thinkpad. Settings can be checked with the iwlist command e.g "iwlist eth1 encryption" I couldn't get WEP to work with MDKs gui app either - works OK with above Chris

Have you tried "su root"? Don't know if this will help though... Chris

I'm no guru, but please post output of lsmod , lspci , ifconfig and contents of /etc/modprobe.conf. Also any mention of the NICs in the modprobe.* files. Chris

2 ways of doing this - manual way and Mandrakes way. I recommend manual - you can always set up the mandrake 'extras' yourself later when you understand more. Manual: As you are connecting with a dial-up modem, you will need a little more than ip forwarding - you will also need to set up ip masquerading, or network address translation (NAT) as it is more properly known. This enables multiple devices to share one public IP address (the one assigned to your modem by your ISP - it varies). Type the following in as root: modprobe iptable_nat iptables -t nat -I POSTROUTING 1 -o ppp+ -s 192.168.0.0/24 -d 0/0 -j MASQUERADE (192.168.0.0 may be different in your case - post output of "ifconfig" if unsure) This loads the NAT module and inserts a rule at the top of the postrouting chain in the nat table that will perform the network address translation. Then try to connect the Mac. If it works, you can either set up the equivalent in shorewall (or whatever firewall frontend you are using - don't ask me how as I use my own script loaded from /etc/rc.d/rc.x) or put the lines as they are at the end of /etc/rc.d/rc.local You may also have to disable port forwarding to squid on Linux and also enter nameserver addresses into your Mac. - See the internet connection sharing howto mentioned in the sticky post at the top of the networking forum. The setup is pretty much the same, with the addition of the iptables lines mentioned above. Mandrake way: The alternative is the way Mdk wizard tries - a proxy (squid), a DNS server (bind) and the dhcp server, but as you have found out, there have been problems... For this to work, the nameserver spec in the mac should be the IP address of the linux LAN card - it should get set up by DHCP (and the nameserver, squid, DHCP server and firewall must also be set up and working OK...) If it doesn't work, post output of "iptables -nvL" "iptables -nvL -t nat" "route -n" and "ifconfig" I am assuming Linux can access the net OK. Chris

If you mean you don't want their name in the kde graphical login manager, look in start->system->configure your desktop->system->login manager->users You can add and remove users names from there. Chris

All I can suggest for now is looking in the system logs (under /var/log) immediately after this happens. Chris

mcc (mandrake control centre) -> security -> levels and checks Chris

Hurried reply (missus is nagging me!!): Type lsmod | grep de2104x Then see the "Unrecognized Tulip board in Mdk 10" thread in this forum for some ideas. Ask here if you need further help. Chris

Please post output of "route -n" both before and after "service adsl restart" What security level are you running at - Mandrake will reset a few things every hour in the higher levels... Perhaps try lowering it to standard. Just to clarify: are you saying everything works fine for a while, then (for no apparant reason)everything except bittorrent just stops working until you restart adsl? Chris

First, we'll see if the module has actually been loaded - type "lsmod | grep tulip" at the command line. (assuming it is the tulip driver you need - post exact card type) If you are rewarded with a line starting with tulip, then the card has indeed been recognised and the driver loaded. If you get no output, type modprobe tulip as root You can then set up the card by typing ifconfig eth1 xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx up where xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx is the required IP address. Test with ping xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx If this all works, you should be able to force it by putting alias eth0 tulip alias eth1 <your 3com driver name> in /etc/modprobe.conf - you may already have the 3com entry there. Change eth0 and eth1 to suit. Then check out the howtos referred to in the sticky posts at the top of the networking forum for more info. If you have problems, post output from above commands, and also from the ifconfig command. Chris

Serial modems are generally OK on linux. Couple of questions: What dialler are you using (Kppp? If not, give it a go, and post the output from the log window.) Are you using the same modem initialisation string that you have in Windows? Re eth0; this is your network card and shouldn't affect dialling. Chris

You don't say what processor the old PC has - window manager may be a little slow... But if he's not using it, then that's your best bet to have a play around and get a 'feel' for Linux. Re the laptop, you don't say what it is, but shouldn't have any problem getting a dual boot setup going, but check out Linux on laptops first, to check things like modem/sound/NIC/power-management compatibility etc. Some (many) laptops can be tricky, though things are getting better - loads of info on the net. Goes without saying you should back up the data first, just in case, but then he will have a recent set of 'critical data' backups anyway, won't he. Won't he? Probably not in my experience. :) Chris

No idea, but have a look here: Aopen Forum (I typed Aopen VA1000 LITE2 linux into google and that was at the top) Chris

1) Have you got writable=yes in the relevant section of /etc/samba/smb.conf? Then type "samba restart" as root to re-read the file (or wait a minute or so). 2) STALLED implies it is waiting for data - what are you using to browse? Have you installed smb4k? If not, type "urpmi smb4k" and see if this helps. 3) Have a look in start->system->configuration->configure your desktop->lookNfeel Chris

Welcome to Linux! How are you connecting/do you intend to connect to the internet, ie what devices do you have? One word of warning - if you have a look at previous threads here, and Gowator's sticky post at the top, you will notice that the Mandrake internet connection sharing wizard is a bit dodgy - so don't use it. Best have a look at the shorewall docs, and go from there - if you need help, let us know! Are you streaming files through/from linux, to run on windows at the moment, or the other way around? Can't say I've ever thought about powering down HDDs - mine are on pretty much all the time too... Good luck Chris

I don't use it, but the web site says you can use postgreSQL - it's free and on a mandrake CD near you! BTW, Please don't start new threads for the same topic. :) Chris

Scoopy - your problem sounds like it may be thermal. If it won't boot when cold, but does after trying for a while - that would give something time to warm up (and expand/align correctly) perhaps?? I am thinking chip/connector seating and possibly even hard drive. You could test this by not keep rebooting, just turn on and leave it for 10 minutes or so, then reboot. Just a thought.. Chris