gonzalezgii Posted February 22, 2004 Report Share Posted February 22, 2004 I'm trying to log on to the Internet using my laptop equiped with Mandrake 9.2. I have all my settings correct (IP, hostname, hardware, everything). But... I'm still not able to connect to the internet! I would love to be able to surf using Linux because I'm tired of Windows. I've tried pinging websites and it just tells me the host cannot be found (e.g., www.yahoo.com reads back host www.yahoo.com not found). Arrrgh!! Please help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iphitus Posted February 22, 2004 Report Share Posted February 22, 2004 (edited) Could you please tell us your settings? DHCP? Static IPs? Network Card? ANy other relevent info, thanks! Welcome to the board!!!! Edited February 22, 2004 by iphitus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gonzalezgii Posted February 23, 2004 Author Report Share Posted February 23, 2004 IP Addres: 68.70.65.9 DHCP: 192.168.1.1 Wireless card: LAN-Express IEEE 802.11 PCI Adapter Thats pretty much it. I have my hostname and IP address confirmed using tools on the net when I switch over to XP (i've got a dual boot). I think there might be a problem with the wireless lan card built in to the computer. Maybe Mandrake doesn't support it. Like I said earlier, it recognizes the card, but seemingly won't connect with it. I'm really very new to Linux but I would love to start learning. Any help you can provide me with would be awesome. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gonzalezgii Posted March 3, 2004 Author Report Share Posted March 3, 2004 I hope you guys haven't forgot about me. I'd still really like to get on the net. I seriously want to make the change from Windows to Linux, but I'm a web designer so i need the Internet on my Linux box. Thank you for the help so far thought, I appreciate it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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