Problem connecting to the internet using ethernet card

[paranormal]

I believe i have successfully configured my D-Link ethernet card but i still cant ping to the gate way... I also disabled the firewall just in case , but still facing the same problem.....The error it gives me is ""destination host unreachable"".

whereas in my windows system on the same machine (dual booting)..the card and the internet with same config are running just fine.....I connect using a static IP and DNS given by the service provider....


plz..plz help me....I just dont seem to figure out what to do....I went through threads with similar content but dint find the solution......

Thanks in advance

[athlon_crazy]

what is your IP & gateway?

paste it here :
~$:ifconfig
~$:route -n

[paranormal]

Static IP is 10.12.127.212
Gateway is 10.12.127.1


ifconfig

eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:08:A1:95:6F:20
inet addr:10.12.127.212 Bcast:10.12.127.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::208:a1ff:fe95:6f20/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:328 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:28948 (28.2 Kb)
Interrupt:21 Base address:0xcc00

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:222 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:222 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:26376 (25.7 Kb) TX bytes:26376 (25.7 Kb)


route -n

Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface
10.12.127.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth0
169.254.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.0.0 U 0 0 0 eth0
127.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 lo
0.0.0.0 10.12.127.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth0

[athlon_crazy]

hmm suppose it works! hav you try with dhcp IP?
any result from below input? Just to make sure your firewall really turn off.

~$:iptables -nv -L

[paranormal]

iptables -nv -L

Chain INPUT (policy ACCEPT 0 packets, 0 bytes)
pkts bytes target prot opt in out source destination

Chain FORWARD (policy ACCEPT 0 packets, 0 bytes)
pkts bytes target prot opt in out source destination

Chain OUTPUT (policy ACCEPT 0 packets, 0 bytes)
pkts bytes target prot opt in out source destination

[athlon_crazy]

I wonder what for this entry in your route -n :
169.254.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.0.0 U 0 0 0 eth0

if possibledo the line with ~$:route del net

[paranormal]

route del net

net: Host name lookup failure



I have a D-Link DFE-538TX 10/100 Adapter PCI card which works fine in windows....but in Suse it works on some Realtek driver....can that be a problem....?? Where can i find driver for my PCI card for linux ??

also now in suse despite me configuring the network card it shows not connected.....previously it used to show a wired connection....

plz help me

[flhtcu08]

Guys I hate to chime in here without a solution but it seems this is the place to get an answer for a very similar problem. I just installed Suse 10.3 and all went well, no errors but once everything was done I can not ping any other machine on the local network I use a static IP and have the router address specified as 192.168.0.1 which works fine on the remaining machines on the network. the other machines are all XP boxes and have no issues reaching the internet. Also when ping 192.168.0.1 I get Destination Host Unreachable. Any help as in what needs to be configered in all of the network card configuration boxes would be greatly appreciated. Just trying to make sure set up is ok... thanks.

[jayd512]

As it happens, any IP address of 169.254.xxx.xxx is completely unroutabe on a network, which is why you're not getting a Gateway. I would try to release this IP pand then renew to see if your NIC will pick up on a valid IP address.
Open a term and input (as root):

ifconfig eth0 down

ifconfig eth0 up


eth0 is the first NIC in the computer, eth1 is the second, etc...