NightWalker Posted July 25, 2004 Report Share Posted July 25, 2004 Hi, I successfully got Mandrake installed. Though I seem to have a problem with connecting to the internet. I use a powerline box which is networking that goes through power outlets. I don;t think that the box uses any drivers so I'm guessing its the way I set up the LAN connection. Can any one help me with setting the connection up? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ixthusdan Posted July 25, 2004 Report Share Posted July 25, 2004 How did you set it up with your windex box? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NightWalker Posted July 25, 2004 Author Report Share Posted July 25, 2004 Took the box then plugged it into the outlet then plugged the ethernet cord into the comp. It worked without having to get drivers or anything. I'm guessing that I'm messing something up with the configuration process. Like the DHCP and other options. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ixthusdan Posted July 25, 2004 Report Share Posted July 25, 2004 Well, that's kind of what I was getting at. It sounds like you are "on the net" so dhcp is the ticket, unless your isp assigned a fixed ip. So assign dhcp at boot to eth0, I assume, and see what happens. I've read about the power plug thing, but never had any experience with it. Isn't there a box that actually has the cable/dsl hook up, and the net is distributed through the lines in the house? That box must be the dhcp server, with a netmask of 255.255.255.0. The gateway might be 192.168.2.1, or something. Check it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NightWalker Posted July 25, 2004 Author Report Share Posted July 25, 2004 (edited) No workie It won't even let me go into 192.168.0.1 in the internet browser. I think it thinks that 192.168.0.1 is my IP. *sigh* Edited July 25, 2004 by NightWalker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ixthusdan Posted July 25, 2004 Report Share Posted July 25, 2004 Here's a not so neat way to do it. Boot windex and see what the configuration is. With xp, go to my network and network connections. Click on the connection and select properties with a left click drop down menu. With other windexes, run "winipfconfg" ( think!) and a window will come up giving you all the net information. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NightWalker Posted July 25, 2004 Author Report Share Posted July 25, 2004 Here's a not so neat way to do it. Boot windex and see what the configuration is. With xp, go to my network and network connections. Click on the connection and select properties with a left click drop down menu. With other windexes, run "winipfconfg" ( think!) and a window will come up giving you all the net information. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Didn't work. Thanks for the effort though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
streeter Posted July 25, 2004 Report Share Posted July 25, 2004 What didn't work?? If you post the settings from Windows here, we can tell you what to enter where in Linux... BTW it's winipcfg or ipconfig depending on your version of Windows. You need to open a Windows console either by finding it in the start menu or selecting start->run->command or cmd, again depending on the Win version. Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NightWalker Posted July 25, 2004 Author Report Share Posted July 25, 2004 I use a GUI in Xp instead of command line. Any way here are the settings. Host Name: psychosis DNS Server: 192.168.0.1 Node Type: Broadcast Adapter Address: 00-10-DC-52-E1-E4 IP Address: 192.168.0.102 Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0 Default Gateway: 192.168.0.1 DHCP Server: 192.168.0.1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
streeter Posted July 25, 2004 Report Share Posted July 25, 2004 (edited) OK - here's what to do in the first instance (we will set up a static address): Edit /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 so it looks like this: DEVICE=eth0 BOOTPROTO=static IPADDR=192.168.0.102 NETMASK=255.255.255.0 NETWORK=192.168.0.0 BROADCAST=192.168.0.255 ONBOOT=yes MII_NOT_SUPPORTED=yes and /etc/sysconfig/network so it looks like this: HOSTNAME=psychosis NETWORKING=yes GATEWAY=192.168.0.1 You will also need the IP address of your nameserver at the top of /etc/resolv.conf: nameserver 192.168.0.1 Then reboot. If it doesn't work now, have a look at my howto here: simple net setup which gives you a few other things to try and some tests (pings) you can do and what output to post for further help (e.g. 'ifconfig' and 'route -n'). Good luck! Chris Edited July 25, 2004 by streeter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arctic Posted July 25, 2004 Report Share Posted July 25, 2004 streeter, i must admit, i am deeply impressed how smart and easy going you handle these networking things in musb. hats off. you are a real networking guru. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NightWalker Posted July 25, 2004 Author Report Share Posted July 25, 2004 Yes I would like to thank him too Well when I reboot and i look at the "veborse" it dosent sorta hang at loading eth0 instead it says that it's busy. Any clue what it is? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nocturnes Posted July 25, 2004 Report Share Posted July 25, 2004 Yes I would like to thank him too Well when I reboot and i look at the "veborse" it dosent sorta hang at loading eth0 instead it says that it's busy. Any clue what it is? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Mandrake 10 seems to do this on boot (give errors for ethx). SImply open up a terminal and bring it up manually (drop it first to ensure it is free). Works for me everytime Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NightWalker Posted July 26, 2004 Author Report Share Posted July 26, 2004 (edited) That didn't work. Edited July 26, 2004 by NightWalker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
streeter Posted July 26, 2004 Report Share Posted July 26, 2004 Haven't seen a busy message before - could you post the exact wording. Can you ping the interface and gateway? (see the howto) If not, please post output of "ifconfig" , "route -n" and the make/model of your card. Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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