Can't get internet to work in Mandrake 10.1

[guitar_east]

Heyo, first time Linux user here comming from a Mac background.

But yeah, Mandrake isn't allowing me to connect to the internet.

Help me!

[Dapper Dan]

Need to know more info. Like, what type service do you have, broadband or 56k? What type of NIC or modem? Are you running DHCP or static ip?

[guitar_east]

broadband (cable, running through a lan)
NIC
DHCP

It should have automatically configured itself, so I think it could be a hardware issue. But then again, it detects my PCI ethernet card.

So i have no idea whats wrong

[Dapper Dan]

NIC? Make? Model?

[guitar_east]

tis a Realtek RTL-8139

[guitar_east]

anyone? can't anyone help me at all?

[Santilal]

This happened to me with my recent 10.1 install. I found that for some reason ethernet was not enabled by default. I enabled it from the system tray and restarted now I´m in here

[Dapper Dan]

tis a Realtek RTL-8139

You should have no problem getting this to work. Have you looked in the Mandrake Control Center under "network?" You can configure it there...

For reference...

http://www.linuxcompatible.org/compa...sort=All&idx=r

[guitar_east]

i've tried it in the control center but it keeps on commign up as not connected

and how do I enable it from the sys tray?

The card works on my computer and everything is connected, becuase when i restart my computer in windows (barf) it works fine, but then i switch back to linux and blamo, not working

[Dapper Dan]

Have a look at this...
http://www.scyld.com/rtl8139.html
The problem might be with the version. Manufacturers will often use say, the Prism chipset in version 2 and change to the Broadcom chipset in version 3 as an example. It can be maddening...
What did you get when you run:

/sbin/lspci

and

/sbin/ifconfig

You may want to consider getting a D-link or Linksys NIC for fifteen bucks down at the computer store and be done with it. Most PCI NIC's will work.