Networking with Slackware 10.1

**GNU_man** · 05-22-2005

I intalled slackware 10.1 but can't connect to the internet so i booted Windows to write this message. I have broadband ADSL connection. I tried ifconfig but it says that device eth0 does not exist. Help!

**serz** · 05-22-2005

If you have ADSL, try these commands (as root).

adsl-setup
adsl-start
adsl-stop
adsl-status

**GNU_man** · 05-23-2005

Thanks, i tried that, but i just get a 'timed out' error when i try to start it up. I
forgot to mention that i also have a router, i'm not sure if that matters. Networking is not my strong suite, but i have tried KDE help, man pages, and looked in my UNIX book before posting this question... all to no avail

One more thing: is there any way to check the device status of eth0? I'm not sure the kernel even intitialized it .

**rong** · 05-23-2005

Originally Posted by GNU_man

One more thing: is there any way to check the device status of eth0? I'm not sure the kernel even intitialized it .

If ifconfig cannot see eth0 and ping localhost gives "time outs" you certainly have a nic issue.

try these to confirm

Code:

 lspci | grep -i eth0

Code:

hwinfo netcard

These may give you some clues.

**jaboua** · 05-23-2005

You have remembered to setup the network, right? Useally done as a part of the installation, but if not I think it was "netconfig" or something similar...

**GNU_man** · 05-25-2005

Thanks for help, but i've abandoned my Slack installation because i think it was a bad burn/bad download i was getting _tons_ of 'unknown' errors and SIGSEV crashes all over the place, so i just installed Debian Sarge instead! Also, according to the install guide, you have to manually setup kernel modules yourselt after install - to hell with all that ...

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