cant connect to internet

[solarmax]

hi,

i may be the newest newbie in linux.

i have been searching this forums and i couldnt find solution to my problem. its very similar to other internet and networking related problems though.

 

here it goes,

I have installed winXP and Mandrake9.2(download version) on a dual boot. i have 2 network cards, one is connected the cable modem and other is connected to my home network. linux can detect lan card.

This setup works fine in winXP but on mandrake it can't get eth0 "up"(eth0 is connected to my cable modem) and no internet. It can get eth1 up which is my home networking.

 

I found out that my cable modem is not supported via usb in linux.

It can work through network card but i dont know how.

 

Please feel free to give any advice and keep in mind that iam a new linux user. step by step instruction would be great.

thanks in advance.

 

My computer has:

mother board - ASUS A7V8X-X

AMD AthlonXP 3000+

512DDR RAM.

nVIDIA Gforce FX5200 128MB.

Lan card - Davicom DM9102A 10/100 (2 of these)

cable modem - motorola surf board SB4100.

My ISP - Blueyonder Broadband - 512kbps

[streeter]

The Asus web site says your motherboard has a built in network port - have you, or is this a model without?

 

If it has got one, try unplugging one of the PCI cards and using the built in one (you may have to enable it in the BIOS).

 

Just a thought, in case you are having a problem with both cards being the same, or Linux seeing 3 network cards...

 

What is the output of typing ifconfig in a terminal? (you have to be root)

[solarmax]

hi.. Thank you very very much for the reply streeter.

Some one from my company came this morning and solved the problem... i dont know what hell he did.. :unsure: .

sorry for not replying early... thanks again for the reply..