How do I setup a LAN connection under Suse 10 / KDE ?

I installed Suse 10 with KDE and have currently NO access to the LAN resp. Internet (over router).

However I have got the fixed IP assigned to this local computer, the gateways/router IP,
the subnet mask and the DNS servers IP.

How do I setup a network connection step-by-step in Suse 10 / KDE?

George

On 13 May 2006 15:11:42 GMT
(E-Mail Removed) (George Dainis) wrote:

> I installed Suse 10 with KDE and have currently NO access to the LAN
> resp. Internet (over router).
>
> However I have got the fixed IP assigned to this local computer, the
> gateways/router IP, the subnet mask and the DNS servers IP.
>
> How do I setup a network connection step-by-step in Suse 10 / KDE?

Run ifconfig at the shell prompt, see how many eth interfaces you have.
You might have the wrong physical connection configured, it's happened
and I've done this mistake myself in the past.

Make sure you have a route to the LAN gateway, run 'netstat -rn' to
check this.

If the IP address of your LAN gateway is not shown, run:

route add default gw <ip> to add the gateway, then run traceroute
4.5.6.7 to check you can make a IP route to a network other than your
own.

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George Dainis wrote:
> I installed Suse 10 with KDE and have currently NO access to the LAN
> resp. Internet (over router).
>
> However I have got the fixed IP assigned to this local computer, the
> gateways/router IP,
> the subnet mask and the DNS servers IP.
>
> How do I setup a network connection step-by-step in Suse 10 / KDE?
>
> George

SuSe uses a tool called "YaST" to set up most system configurations:
updates, X-displays, DHCP, but especially including basic network setups.
You should be able to type "yast" or "/sbin/yast" at a shell prompt to get a
basic display, but you'll also have to run it as the local "root" user to
make these setups.

Most of us would log in however we do normally, do "su" to become the root
user, then run "yast".