Newbie Internet Question

Hey guys,
I'm really new to linux, and just installed Mandrake 10. I can't
seem to get the internet to work, though. I'm on the georgia tech
campus network, and have tried manually typing in my ip address and also
getting it using dhcp, with no success with either. I also have tried
Mandrake Move and Overclockix(a version of knoppix) and couldn't get the
internet to work on either of those. I am using an integrated NIC card
on an nforce2 motherboard, but I don't think there is a driver problem
because it worked fine at home without me having to change any settings
in overclockix.

Can anyone offer any advice?

Thanks,
Kevin

In article <c56feg$h5k$(E-Mail Removed)> Kevin Mann <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> Can anyone offer any advice?

They probably could if you would provide some fundamental information,
such as the output of "ifconfig -a" and "route -n".


tony

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ynotssor wrote:
> In article <c56feg$h5k$(E-Mail Removed)> Kevin Mann <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>
>>Can anyone offer any advice?
>
>
> They probably could if you would provide some fundamental information,
> such as the output of "ifconfig -a" and "route -n".
>
>
> tony
>

I must be doing something wrong, because when I typed in both of those
commands in the terminal it says they are not recongized. I apologize
for my ignorance.

In article <c56h66$i0f$(E-Mail Removed)> Kevin Mann <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>>>Can anyone offer any advice?
>>
>>
>> They probably could if you would provide some fundamental information,
>> such as the output of "ifconfig -a" and "route -n".

> I must be doing something wrong, because when I typed in both of those
> commands in the terminal it says they are not recongized. I apologize
> for my ignorance.

Since you're executing the commands as a normal user, they are not
in your default $PATH, so you need to use an absolute pathname:

/sbin/route -n
/sbin/ifconfig -a

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You can also do "ifconfig" as root user. The output of
/etc/resolv.conf and the contents of
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 file will also be useful,

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> Since you're executing the commands as a normal user, they are not
> in your default $PATH, so you need to use an absolute pathname:
>
> /sbin/route -n
> /sbin/ifconfig -a
>


Here's the output:
[kevin@128 kevin]$ /sbin/ifconfig -a
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:04:61:46:7A:7D
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:292 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:13 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:35091 (34.2 Kb) TX bytes:4446 (4.3 Kb)
Interrupt:11 Base address:0xf000

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:62 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:62 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:3914 (3.8 Kb) TX bytes:3914 (3.8 Kb)

[kevin@128 kevin]$ /sbin route -n
bash: /sbin: is a directory
[kevin@128 kevin]$ /sbin/route -n
Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use
Iface



Btw, it also says failed to load eth0 interface during the bootup process

Thanks again,
Kevin

On Fri, 09 Apr 2004 13:57:05 -0400, Kevin Mann wrote:

> Here's the output:
> [kevin@128 kevin]$ /sbin/ifconfig -a
> eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:04:61:46:7A:7D
> UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
> RX packets:292 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
> TX packets:13 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
> collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
> RX bytes:35091 (34.2 Kb) TX bytes:4446 (4.3 Kb)
> Interrupt:11 Base address:0xf000

Obviously your card is recognized... There are driver issues, but for
now...:

su - Become root

/etc/init.d/network restart

What's the output?

cat /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0

What's the output?

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Joachim Mæland wrote:
> On Fri, 09 Apr 2004 13:57:05 -0400, Kevin Mann wrote:
>
>
>>Here's the output:
>>[kevin@128 kevin]$ /sbin/ifconfig -a
>>eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:04:61:46:7A:7D
>> UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
>> RX packets:292 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
>> TX packets:13 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
>> collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
>> RX bytes:35091 (34.2 Kb) TX bytes:4446 (4.3 Kb)
>> Interrupt:11 Base address:0xf000
>
>
> Obviously your card is recognized... There are driver issues, but for
> now...:
>
> su - Become root
>
> /etc/init.d/network restart
>
> What's the output?
>
> cat /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0
>
> What's the output?
>


Hey, thanks for the help. I had a friend who's a linux whiz come and
look at it, and he figured out the problem. In his words:

"The forcedeth driver just didn't recognize his hw address correctly for
?some? reason, so I did a quick MAC addr change and it worked like a
charm with dhcp."


-Kevin

Kevin Mann wrote:
> ynotssor wrote:
>
>> In article <c56feg$h5k$(E-Mail Removed)> Kevin Mann
>> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Can anyone offer any advice?
>>
>>
>>
>> They probably could if you would provide some fundamental information,
>> such as the output of "ifconfig -a" and "route -n".
>>
>>
>> tony
>>
>
> I must be doing something wrong, because when I typed in both of those
> commands in the terminal it says they are not recongized. I apologize
> for my ignorance.


Try "/sbin/ifconfig".

If this worked at home and you had network connectivity, then something
is different with respect to your home network and your campus network.
Focus on identifying that difference and I'm sure you'll find the problem.

Are you certain your campus network actually works?


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