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ok well i have done that alrdy thats not the problem im stumped

how do i go about checking it thanks

im sorry im such a noob but i dont knwo how to install those packets or where to find them or how to get them. I tried to even play an mp3 cd rom but i couldnt my cdroms arent accessable or something, i think i might have to mount them? But it said its alrdy been mounted and at a certain location. thanks for the help im new :(

ok guys i ran dhclient eth0 and i got the following: ------------------------------------------------------------- Internet Software Consortium DHCP Client V3.0pl2 Copyright 1995-2001 Internet Software Consortium. All rights reserved. For info, please visit http://www.isc.org/products/DHCP Listening on LPF/eth0/00:0e:a6:03:cb:2e Sending on LPF/eth0/00:0e:a6:03:cb:2e Sending on Socket/fallback DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 4 DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 4 DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 11 DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 19 DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 10 DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 13 No DHCPOFFERS received. No working leases in persistent database - sleeping ------------------------------------------------------------- any idea guys i really wanna run a linux platform but i cant without inet :unsure: the gateway to my router is 192.168.1.1 also i have the name servers of myisp if i need to put that somewhere ;let me know thanks The reason i think the firewall is off is because when i goto the mandrake control center then secruity there is a firewall part and its set on off but maybe i should go into console and type something to see if everything is really open cuz i dunno maybe there is more options or something console is more reliable it seems like. So how would i check firewall settings just to be sure

ok so i went into the console under root user and wrote dhcpcd eth0 and it said bad command file or something like that, where do i type that in, i think this might be the problem cuz i dont know anything about running the client or if its even running or how to run it

ok i knwo nothing of dhcp client or how to run it or which one to run, im gunna try the dhcpcd eth0, but i know the firewall isnt on i checked that, it said it wasnt active everything can do thru

here is the contents of that file: DEVICE=eth0 BOOTPROTO=dhcp ONBOOT=yes MII_NOT_SUPPORTED=yes if we get this to work ill be sooooooooo happy thanks a lot for the help. This really is a community where you feel at home

So right now all i can do is ping my own ip successfully so i know the NIC is working according to what ive read in the faq

here we go: eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0E:A6:03:CB:2E UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:100 RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b) Interrupt:19 Base address:0xc800 eth0:9 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0E:A6:03:CB:2E inet addr:169.254.244.240 Bcast:169.254.255.255 Mask:255.255.0.0 UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 Interrupt:19 Base address:0xc800 lo Link encap:Local Loopback inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1 RX packets:295 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:295 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:29138 (28.4 Kb) TX bytes:29138 (28.4 Kb) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chain INPUT (policy ACCEPT 0 packets, 0 bytes) pkts bytes target prot opt in out source destination Chain FORWARD (policy ACCEPT 0 packets, 0 bytes) pkts bytes target prot opt in out source destination Chain OUTPUT (policy ACCEPT 0 packets, 0 bytes) pkts bytes target prot opt in out source destination --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ifup eth0 said: determining ip...done *ok i think it looks like the router isnt giving it an ip, it cant see the or contact the router and i have no idea what this loop back thingis lol thanks for the help u guys are aweosme i wish i found out about this forum 2 years ago*

ya i hate ms also im pro at it but linux is where its at but im a complete retard when it comes to that. Im spending hours on hours trying to read and learn it. ok so i had it on dynamic and i checked the ip the router wasnt giving it one, also i couldnt ping the router which is problbaly the problem, ok ill get u the info u requested im so excited to jump into the open source era and make others join

hey guys im a noob to linux i have mandrake 9.1 installed i cant get online. Ok so i read the faqs and searching things that would pertain to me but i got nothing i tried nothing worked. SO i have the rlt8139 driver it recongizes it it says its connected but no inet. ok so i have a linksys router connected to my cable modem and my comp is connecrted to the router. i tried to do dhcp like my windows comps to see if it would do it auto no luck so then i tried the static ip i gave it 192.168.1.100, and so on with the default gateway. i try to ping anything it times out, i got to ping myself that worked good and fast i tried to ping the router times out and i try to ping yahoo and other pages no luck Who ever helps me fix this problem ill paypal them 15 buck i have money and deseperate to make this work thanks guys. i did read the pinned info didnt help or im slow Mode Note:phunni edited title