Having trouble accessing the internet.

[Moocat]

I'm brand new to linux, but not in any way new to computers. I do lots of web design, so have limited experience with the linux shell, and the file system. I was able to successfully get my Geforce 7800 gt card working with openSUSE by downloading and installing drivers. I tried to do the same with my Nvidia ethernet ports... but that hasn't worked yet. I am dual booting Windows XP Pro and openSUSE 10.2.

I am on a University campus network.

In windows, ipconfig /all reveals that I have DHCP enabled... so I enabled it in linux as well. I tried installing the forcedeth drivers, but that seemed to make no change, whereas installing the video card drivers immediately fixed everything in that departement. I really don't know how to check if the drivers installed correctly, and I can't seem to find any info online about it. The eth0 and eth1 ports both show up in Networks, but neither indicate being plugged in... and I am not sure which is which. Both are enabled. Both are onboard Nvidia ethernet ports on my mobo... work fine in Windows. But no matter how I change my settings (static ip, dhcp), it doesn't seem to work (aka i load firefox and get "page not found").

Anyone got any ideas? Pretty desperate to get this working. I hate doing web design in windows. I need KATE!

Thanks for the help.

[abhishek456]

post the contents of sudo /sbin/lspci|grep net and ifconfig

[Moocat]

lspci:

00:00.1 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 007f (rev a1)
00:00.2 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 0075 (rev a1)
00:00.3 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 006f (rev a1)
00:00.4 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 00b4 (rev a1)
00:01.0 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 0076 (rev a1)
00:01.1 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 0078 (rev a1)
00:01.2 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 0079 (rev a1)
00:01.3 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 007a (rev a1)
00:01.4 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 007b (rev a1)
00:01.5 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 007c (rev a1)
00:01.6 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 007d (rev a1)
00:02.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 007e (rev a2)
00:05.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 007e (rev a2)

00:11.0 Ethernet controller: nVidia Corporation MCP55 Ethernet (rev a2)
00:12.0 Ethernet controller: nVidia Corporation MCP55 Ethernet (rev a2)
************************************************** *********
ifconfig:
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:18:F3:B7:08:70
UP BROADCAST NOTRAILERS RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:363 errors:1 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:1
TX packets:63 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:47520 (46.4 Kb)
Interrupt:58 Base address:0xe000

eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:18:F3:B7:16:67
UP BROADCAST NOTRAILERS MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
Interrupt:217

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:32 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:32 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:2272 (2.2 Kb) TX bytes:2272 (2.2 Kb)
************************************************** ***********
ifup eth0:
eth0 device: nVidia Corporation MCP55 Ethernet (rev a2)
eth0 configuration: eth-id-00:18:f3:b7:08:70
DHCP client is already running on eth0
************************************************** ***********
ifup eth1:
eth1 device: nVidia Corporation MCP55 Ethernet (rev a2)
eth1 configuration: eth-id-00:18:f3:b7:16:67
DHCP client is already running on eth1
************************************************** ***********
lsmod:
Module Size Used by
xt_tcpudp 20352 2
xt_pkttype 18816 3
ipt_LOG 23808 8
xt_limit 20224 8
snd_pcm_oss 71680 0
snd_mixer_oss 35840 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_seq_midi 27648 0
snd_emu10k1_synth 25856 0
snd_emux_synth 59648 1 snd_emu10k1_synth
snd_seq_virmidi 25088 1 snd_emux_synth
snd_seq_midi_event 25472 2 snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_virmidi
snd_seq_midi_emul 24064 1 snd_emux_synth
snd_seq 82976 5 snd_seq_midi,snd_emux_synth,snd_seq_virmidi,snd_se q_midi_event,snd_seq_midi_emul
af_packet 57356 4
button 24736 0
battery 28168 0
ac 22792 0
ipt_REJECT 22528 3
xt_state 19200 12
iptable_mangle 19840 0
iptable_nat 24964 0
ip_nat 37804 1 iptable_nat
iptable_filter 19968 1
ip6table_mangle 19456 0
ip6table_filter 19840 0
ip_conntrack 78372 3 xt_state,iptable_nat,ip_nat
nfnetlink 24648 2 ip_nat,ip_conntrack
ip_tables 39400 3 iptable_mangle,iptable_nat,iptable_filter
ip6_tables 33352 2 ip6table_mangle,ip6table_filter
x_tables 37384 9 xt_tcpudp,xt_pkttype,ipt_LOG,xt_limit,ipt_REJECT,x t_state,iptable_nat,ip_tables,ip6_tables
apparmor 74264 0
aamatch_pcre 31232 1 apparmor
nls_utf8 18944 2
ntfs 209032 2
loop 34064 0
usblp 32128 0
usbhid 69792 0
dm_mod 81872 0
ohci_hcd 38404 0
ohci1394 52040 0
ieee1394 130552 1 ohci1394
ehci_hcd 51080 0
ide_cd 59680 1
cdrom 54056 1 ide_cd
emu10k1_gp 21120 0
usbcore 148064 4 usblp,usbhid,ohci_hcd,ehci_hcd
gameport 34576 2 emu10k1_gp
nvidia 5684376 22
snd_emu10k1 152480 2 snd_emu10k1_synth
snd_rawmidi 47104 3 snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_virmidi,snd_emu10k1
snd_ac97_codec 127832 1 snd_emu10k1
snd_ac97_bus 19456 1 snd_ac97_codec
snd_pcm 115464 3 snd_pcm_oss,snd_emu10k1,snd_ac97_codec
snd_seq_device 26516 6 snd_seq_midi,snd_emu10k1_synth,snd_emux_synth,snd_ seq,snd_emu10k1,snd_rawmidi
snd_timer 44680 3 snd_seq,snd_emu10k1,snd_pcm
snd_page_alloc 27792 2 snd_emu10k1,snd_pcm
snd_util_mem 22656 2 snd_emux_synth,snd_emu10k1
snd_hwdep 28552 2 snd_emux_synth,snd_emu10k1
snd 89384 18 snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_emu10k1 _synth,snd_emux_synth,snd_seq_virmidi,snd_seq_midi _emul,snd_seq,snd_emu10k1,snd_rawmidi,snd_ac97_cod ec,snd_pcm,snd_seq_device,snd_timer,snd_util_mem,s nd_hwdep
soundcore 28192 1 snd
i2c_nforce2 24960 0
i2c_core 41472 2 nvidia,i2c_nforce2
forcedeth 78864 0
floppy 82408 0
ext3 167696 2
mbcache 27016 1 ext3
jbd 90872 1 ext3
edd 27912 0
fan 22408 0
sata_sil24 33796 0
sg 55080 0
sata_nv 30084 5
libata 145056 2 sata_sil24,sata_nv
amd74xx 32176 0 [permanent]
thermal 33552 0
processor 53992 1 thermal
sd_mod 39296 7
scsi_mod 173744 3 sg,libata,sd_mod
ide_disk 34304 0
ide_core 174720 3 ide_cd,amd74xx,ide_disk

************************************************** ********************************
sudo /sbin/lspci|grep net:
00:11.0 Ethernet controller: nVidia Corporation MCP55 Ethernet (rev a2)
00:12.0 Ethernet controller: nVidia Corporation MCP55 Ethernet (rev a2)
03:06.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications, Inc. AR5212 802.11abg NIC (rev 01)
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I am not positive that forcedeth is what i should be using. That's just what I read online, so I'm trying it.

[Moocat]

anyone got any ideas?