Internet connection configuration problems

[cyborg]

I'm having a problem with setting up Mandrake 9.2 to connect to the Internet via a LAN.

I've looked through the forums and tried some of the steps suggested but have yet to sucessfully open a webpage.

I know the computer can connect to the Internet since it is a dual boot and Windows has no problems.

The ethernet configuration I have on Windows is:

IP Address: 192.168.10.98
Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway: 192.168.10.1
Preferred DNS: 194.106.56.6
Alternate DNS: 194.106.33.42

And the configuration I can see in Mandrake (from the locations I have seen meantioned in other threads):

/etc/sysconfig/network
NETWORKING=yes
GATEWAY=192.168.10.1

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

DEVICE=eth0
BOOTPROTO=static
IPADDR=192.168.10.98
NETMASK=255.255.255.0
NETWORK=192.168.10.0
BROADCAST=192.168.10.255
ONBOOT=yes
HWADDR=00:90:27:17:ce:3c
MII_NOT_SUPPORTED=no

The router doesn't support DHCP - all our addresses are static. I reset it a few times just incase it was storing some erroneous MAC/IP information for the hosts.

This is driving me nuts - I've tried to find as many configurable things as I can to no avail. The above looks correct to me.

I also don't get why the installer package updater which connects to the Internet works whilst I can't ping a single thing.

Thanks in advance.

[puntmuts]

Did you add the DNS servers to /etc/resolv.conf ?
Your config looks okay to me. But I am not a Mandrake expert
What does ifconfig say ?

[cyborg]

Did you add the DNS servers to /etc/resolv.conf ?

I have now tried... and nothing.

I'm not sure it's that that is causing the problem though since I can't reach things when I type out the full IP - not even the router configuration page.

What does ifconfig say ?

I'm only writing out the eth0 device bit since I assume that's all that's relevant.

(Note I tried changing my static IP, hence the discrepancy below)

eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:90:27:17:CE:3C
inet add:192.168.10.120 Bcast:192.168.10.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:1972 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:74 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:20 carrier:0
collisions:0
RX bytes:192871 (188.3 Kb) TX bytes:3769 (3.6 Kb)

[puntmuts]

That are a lot of errors. Is your cable connected well or do you use a wrong type / bad cable ?

[offtopic] off to bed now

[cyborg]

That are a lot of errors. Is your cable connected well or do you use a wrong type / bad cable ?

I don't see how - Windows is also installed on this system and it works just fine.