If a module is listed when you

[Peetem]

First off, your help is really appreciated!

OK, I got my IP, as you suggested, and entered everything. The card is now activated! (woohoo!) However, when I launch Mozilla, it still will not connect to the internet. Any more suggestions?

Thanks a million,

Peetem

When you run ifup, the program tries to get your IP from a DHCP server.

I'm not sure whether Redhat has a default firewall or anything; what comes up when you type

/sbin/iptables -L

at the command line?

[dan@george]

What does Mozilla say when you run it?

[kkubasik]

if you can ping your gateway, make sure that you dont have some sort of securitu installed on it (ie mac-address filering) withc would let you see the gateway, but not access it. Also jsut look arounf at mozilla's default connections settings.

[Peetem]

What does Mozilla say when you run it?

"File not found"....Is there anyway to alter Mozilla's LAN settings? - I know how to using IE, but perhaps I am missing something....darn ole Windows again holding me as a slave.

Also, the fella after your post suggested that I "ping the gateway". Do you know how one goes about doing this?

Sorry to be so frustrating, but I'm at a loss on how to get this card to connect to the internet. At least on boot it recognizes the card and indicates everything is working OK. Also, the NIC's status is "active" now, so your help hasn't been in vain!

Owing a big debt,

Peetem

[dan@george]

It's cool, don't feel like you owe us anything. You can send me cookies if you want; I love me some cookies.

First of all, it's good that your Ethernet card is activated. We're making progress. Now if you wouldn't mind posting the output of

ifconfig -a eth0

we could make some more.

Also, I think we should try to narrow down the problem by figuring out where the connection is going wrong. Try both of the following commands, and post the output of them:

ping 216.239.41.99
ping www.google.com

as before. Does either of those work?

Good luck with all this; I know it probably seems a little overwhelming, but bear with us.

[Peetem]

Link Encap: Ethernet
HWaddr: 00:00:C5:B4:F7:15
Inetaddr: 208.180.205.222
Bcast: 208.180.205.255
Mask: 255.255.255.0
Upbroadcast.... MTU: 1500 Metric: 1
RX Packets: 635 err: 0....all zeros for remaining variables
TX Packets: 102 err:0....all zeros for remaining variables
Collisions: 0
Txqueuelength: 100
RX Bytes: 38100
TX Bytes: 8476
Int: 3 Base: 0x7c00

Ok, for the "Pings" I got:

Ping 216.239.41.99 - (216.239.41.99) 56(84) Bytes of Data
Ping www.google.com: Destination Host Unreachable

Thanks again....adn I'll get you some cookies - P'nut butter or oatmeal-raisin.

Thanks!

Pat

It's cool, don't feel like you owe us anything. You can send me cookies if you want; I love me some cookies.

First of all, it's good that your Ethernet card is activated. We're making progress. Now if you wouldn't mind posting the output of

ifconfig -a eth0

we could make some more.

Also, I think we should try to narrow down the problem by figuring out where the connection is going wrong. Try both of the following commands, and post the output of them:

ping 216.239.41.99
ping www.google.com

as before. Does either of those work?

Good luck with all this; I know it probably seems a little overwhelming, but bear with us.

[dan@george]

You'll need to put the IP address of your Internet gateway into your ifconfig settings; you must have one if you can connect to the Internet using an Ethernet card. This would be your cable modem, router, regular modem, or something of the sort. Got an idea what it is?

[kkubasik]

sorry dan, theres a good chance you have a great plan, but find out if he can access the localnetwork first (ie gateway or dhcp server) It seems likely that he isnt getting the dhcp broadcast. This could be several reasons, but one that seems likely is a filtering of some sort installed on his switch/NAT that for some reason is rejecting his box.

(btw, most common gateway addresses in the world are 192.168.0.1, 192.168.1.1, 192.168.100.1,192.168.2.1, 192.168.0.100) just if your gonna play the guessing game. Im sure dan knows, but the only other class A ip that is desiganted for local network use it 10 (ie, the first setion has to be a 10 or 192, but thats not gonna help much as you will still have some millions of possibles.

[Peetem]

You'll need to put the IP address of your Internet gateway into your ifconfig settings; you must have one if you can connect to the Internet using an Ethernet card. This would be your cable modem, router, regular modem, or something of the sort. Got an idea what it is?

I connected with my other computer and checked the Gateway Mask. I entered that in my network settings on the Linux box. No go....

I am connecting directly to the cable modem. No router.

Cookies are almost done. Any other ideas?

Thanks,

Peetem