I just loaded CentOS and want to connect to the internet using a radio and wireless internet.
I got some numbers from the internet provider. He walked me through some of the changes in the networking area. But it did not work.
I have read three books on Unix and I am determined to do this. but I think I need lots of help.
Where could I look this up on a windows machine??
when I get connected to the net, then I have another question about how to make the jave download operational.
thank you
barbaara fberg wrote:
I just loaded CentOS and want to connect to the internet using a radio and wireless internet.
I got some numbers from the internet provider. He walked me through some of the changes in the networking area. But it did not work.
I have read three books on Unix and I am determined to do this. but I think I need lots of help.
Where could I look this up on a windows machine??
when I get connected to the net, then I have another question about how to make the jave download operational.
thank you
What numbers did you get from your ISP tech person?
Are you using dialup, DSL, or cable to connect to the internet?
Mark Weaver wrote:
barbaara fberg wrote:
I just loaded CentOS and want to connect to the internet using a radio and wireless internet.
I got some numbers from the internet provider. He walked me through some of the changes in the networking area. But it did not work.
I have read three books on Unix and I am determined to do this. but I think I need lots of help.
Where could I look this up on a windows machine??
when I get connected to the net, then I have another question about how to make the jave download operational.
thank you
What numbers did you get from your ISP tech person?
Are you using dialup, DSL, or cable to connect to the internet?
More to the point, as Barbaara said "wireless" we need to know more about the wireless.
What's the wireless kit? Are we talking long-distance 11b wireless? If so, the folk who assembled pebble (google "download pebble linux") should be able to help.
I wrote from work and had to wait to go home to get answers My windows machine was broadcasting my entire hard drive to the other wireless users. I did a sysclean this morning and found a virus. So I am using my husband's machine til it is fixed.
I downloaded a"connec to internet" from the centos site, but it did not help much
my internet provider helped bit we went into 'network device controller " - that is blank went into "network config " profile is unclecked status is inactive device is ethoO nickname is etho type is ethernet we went into "hardware" desceiption is DLine type is ethent device is etho status is ok we went into " IPsec" profile type destination nickname all are blank we went into "DNS" hostname I types in localhost.localhost Primary DNS starts 66 Secondary blank Tertiary DNS blank DNS search path blank we wento "hosts" IP name and aliases are blank
------------ then I went into Mozilla Foxfire under preferences, connection settings direct connection is checked auto detect in unchecked manual proxy is unchecked HTTP proxy Port 0 SSL proxy Port 0 FTP proxy Port ) Gopher Proxy Port 0 Socks Host Port 0
socks vr unchecked socksv5 checked no proxy for [ ]
I have some numbers as on the sheet I downloaded some start 255 some 192. I am just not certain which ones go where?
thank you for writing. you were the only one to reply
From: Mark Weaver mdw1982@mdw1982.com Reply-To: CentOS mailing list centos@centos.org To: CentOS mailing list centos@centos.org Subject: Re: [CentOS] very new user having problems Date: Sat, 02 Sep 2006 19:55:22 -0400
barbaara fberg wrote:
I just loaded CentOS and want to connect to the internet using a radio and wireless internet.
I got some numbers from the internet provider. He walked me through some of the changes in the networking area. But it did not work.
I have read three books on Unix and I am determined to do this. but I think I need lots of help.
Where could I look this up on a windows machine??
when I get connected to the net, then I have another question about how to make the jave download operational.
thank you
What numbers did you get from your ISP tech person?
Are you using dialup, DSL, or cable to connect to the internet?
-- Mark
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barbaara fberg wrote:
I wrote from work and had to wait to go home to get answers My windows machine was broadcasting my entire hard drive to the other wireless users. I did a sysclean this morning and found a virus. So I am using my husband's machine til it is fixed.
I downloaded a"connec to internet" from the centos site, but it did not help much
my internet provider helped bit we went into 'network device controller " - that is blank went into "network config " profile is unclecked status is inactive device is ethoO nickname is etho type is ethernet we went into "hardware" desceiption is DLine type is ethent device is etho status is ok we went into " IPsec" profile type destination nickname all are blank we went into "DNS" hostname I types in localhost.localhost Primary DNS starts 66 Secondary blank Tertiary DNS blank DNS search path blank we wento "hosts" IP name and aliases are blank
then I went into Mozilla Foxfire under preferences, connection settings direct connection is checked auto detect in unchecked manual proxy is unchecked HTTP proxy Port 0 SSL proxy Port 0 FTP proxy Port ) Gopher Proxy Port 0 Socks Host Port 0
socks vr unchecked socksv5 checkedno proxy for [ ]
I have some numbers as on the sheet I downloaded some start 255 some 192. I am just not certain which ones go where?
thank you for writing. you were the only one to reply
Ok. let me rephrase the question because I'm not sure you understand what I'm asking. In order for us to help you you've got to tell us which "type" of internet connection you have.
(1) dialup (2) DSL or Cable (broadband)
A dialup connection requires a different type of configuration. The stuff your ISP tech had you looking at has little to do with actually "creating" a connection but rather tweaking an existing connection. So before we can go any further please tell us which type of internet connection you've got.
yes I am certain I do not understand the question.
I have an antenae in the front yard connected with coax cable to a radio toa networking box
it is a wireless connection
From: Mark Weaver mdw1982@mdw1982.com Reply-To: CentOS mailing list centos@centos.org To: CentOS mailing list centos@centos.org Subject: Re: [CentOS] very new user having problems Date: Mon, 04 Sep 2006 07:57:23 -0400
barbaara fberg wrote:
I wrote from work and had to wait to go home to get answers My windows machine was broadcasting my entire hard drive to the other wireless users. I did a sysclean this morning and found a virus. So I am using my husband's machine til it is fixed.
I downloaded a"connec to internet" from the centos site, but it did not help much
my internet provider helped bit we went into 'network device controller " - that is blank went into "network config " profile is unclecked status is inactive device is ethoO nickname is etho type is ethernet we went into "hardware" desceiption is DLine type is ethent device is etho status is ok we went into " IPsec" profile type destination nickname all are blank we went into "DNS" hostname I types in localhost.localhost Primary DNS starts 66 Secondary blank Tertiary DNS blank DNS search path blank we wento "hosts" IP name and aliases are blank
then I went into Mozilla Foxfire under preferences, connection settings direct connection is checked auto detect in unchecked manual proxy is unchecked HTTP proxy Port 0 SSL proxy Port 0 FTP proxy Port ) Gopher Proxy Port 0 Socks Host Port 0
socks vr unchecked socksv5 checkedno proxy for [ ]
I have some numbers as on the sheet I downloaded some start 255 some 192. I am just not certain which ones go where?
thank you for writing. you were the only one to reply
Ok. let me rephrase the question because I'm not sure you understand what I'm asking. In order for us to help you you've got to tell us which "type" of internet connection you have.
(1) dialup (2) DSL or Cable (broadband)
A dialup connection requires a different type of configuration. The stuff your ISP tech had you looking at has little to do with actually "creating" a connection but rather tweaking an existing connection. So before we can go any further please tell us which type of internet connection you've got.
-- Mark
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barbaara fberg wrote:
yes I am certain I do not understand the question.
I have an antenae in the front yard connected with coax cable to a radio toa networking box
it is a wireless connection
You haven't responed to my earilier post.
We need the specifics of you set up; are you using a wireless router or do you have PCI card in your Linux box? What brand? What does "lspci -v -v" reveal?
Have you tried pebble? Pebble is designed for what I think you want, and if that works then maybe we can extrapolate. If Pebble doesn't work, ask its supporters for help; if they can't get Pebble working, there's little chance for us.
John Summerfield wrote:
barbaara fberg wrote:
yes I am certain I do not understand the question.
I have an antenae in the front yard connected with coax cable to a radio toa networking box
it is a wireless connection
You haven't responed to my earilier post.
We need the specifics of you set up; are you using a wireless router or do you have PCI card in your Linux box? What brand? What does "lspci -v -v" reveal?
Have you tried pebble? Pebble is designed for what I think you want, and if that works then maybe we can extrapolate. If Pebble doesn't work, ask its supporters for help; if they can't get Pebble working, there's little chance for us.
um...John? we don't even know what kind of inet connection she's got yet, although we "have" ascertained that she's got an antenna in her front yard. :/
Mark Weaver wrote:
John Summerfield wrote:
barbaara fberg wrote:
yes I am certain I do not understand the question.
I have an antenae in the front yard connected with coax cable to a radio toa networking box
it is a wireless connection
You haven't responed to my earilier post.
We need the specifics of you set up; are you using a wireless router or do you have PCI card in your Linux box? What brand? What does "lspci -v -v" reveal?
Have you tried pebble? Pebble is designed for what I think you want, and if that works then maybe we can extrapolate. If Pebble doesn't work, ask its supporters for help; if they can't get Pebble working, there's little chance for us.
um...John? we don't even know what kind of inet connection she's got yet, although we "have" ascertained that she's got an antenna in her front yard. :/
The description fits what Pebble does: long-distance 11b wireless using antennae on tall masts in the back yard. If I was sure I could get over the neigbour's trees and the Roe Highway without spending an absulute fortune, it's what I'd be doing, though I'd likely stick a Linksys WRT54G or similar, running Linux, up the pole.
Until we have good information, we can't give good advice:-)
it is a regular router I drilled holes in the closet and put cat 5 cable through the floors to connect the computers I will have to take apart the unix machine to look at the card. I do not know how to do ispci-v-v is that done in my home page? I am very new to this. I have used DOS and Win 3, 95 and 98 I do not know what pebble is.
From: John Summerfield debian@herakles.homelinux.org Reply-To: CentOS mailing list centos@centos.org To: CentOS mailing list centos@centos.org Subject: Re: [CentOS] very new user having problems Date: Tue, 05 Sep 2006 07:18:32 +0800
barbaara fberg wrote:
yes I am certain I do not understand the question.
I have an antenae in the front yard connected with coax cable to a radio toa networking box
it is a wireless connection
You haven't responed to my earilier post.
We need the specifics of you set up; are you using a wireless router or do you have PCI card in your Linux box? What brand? What does "lspci -v -v" reveal?
Have you tried pebble? Pebble is designed for what I think you want, and if that works then maybe we can extrapolate. If Pebble doesn't work, ask its supporters for help; if they can't get Pebble working, there's little chance for us.
--
Cheers John
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barbaara fberg wrote:
it is a regular router I drilled holes in the closet and put cat 5 cable through the floors to connect the computers I will have to take apart the unix machine to look at the card. I do not know how to do ispci-v-v is that done in my home page? I am very new to this. I have used DOS and Win 3, 95 and 98 I do not know what pebble is.
But do you turn into stone when the sun comes up?
barbaara fberg wrote:
it is a regular router
So your router manages the wireless connexion? Or is this somethng the Linux computer should do?
If it's the router that's supposed to do the job, then the following questions don't matter.
I drilled holes in the closet and put cat 5 cable through the floors to connect the computers I will have to take apart the unix machine to look at the card.
No need
I do not know how to do ispci-v-v is that done in my home page?
Open a terminal window, In KDE, it's in the System menu (konsole or terminal, I can't get that bit of menu to show!), in Gnome I think it's Terminal in the Accessories menu.
Type the command like this: [summer@bilby ~]$ /sbin/lspci 00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8378 [KM400/A] Chipset Host Bridge 00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237 PCI Bridge 00:10.0 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 80) 00:10.1 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 80) 00:10.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 80) 00:10.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0 (rev 82) 00:11.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8235 ISA Bridge 00:11.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 06) 00:11.5 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8233/A/8235/8237 AC97 Audio Controller (rev 50) 00:12.0 Ethernet controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6102 [Rhine-II] (rev 74) 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8378 [S3 UniChrome] Integrated Video (rev 01) [summer@bilby ~]$
Get more information about one card like this: [summer@bilby ~]$ /sbin/lspci -v -v -n -s 00:12.0 00:12.0 Class 0200: 1106:3065 (rev 74) Subsystem: 1043:80ff Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- Status: Cap+ 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium
TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
Latency: 32 (750ns min, 2000ns max), Cache Line Size 08 Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 11 Region 0: I/O ports at e800 [size=256] Region 1: Memory at e8001000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256] Capabilities: <available only to root>
[summer@bilby ~]$
That's way better info than you will get by looking at the card!
Note: I don't have a PCI wireless card handy.
I am very new to this. I have used DOS and Win 3, 95 and 98 I do not know what pebble is.
Didn't I say? it's a Linux distro built for wireless networking. It used to be here, but seems to have gone missing: http://www.nycwireless.net/pebble/
There's been no mail to its list in almost 18 months, so I guess it's died.
From: John Summerfield debian@herakles.homelinux.org Reply-To: CentOS mailing list centos@centos.org To: CentOS mailing list centos@centos.org Subject: Re: [CentOS] very new user having problems Date: Tue, 05 Sep 2006 07:18:32 +0800
barbaara fberg wrote:
yes I am certain I do not understand the question.
I have an antenae in the front yard connected with coax cable to a radio toa networking box
it is a wireless connection
You haven't responed to my earilier post.
We need the specifics of you set up; are you using a wireless router or do you have PCI card in your Linux box? What brand? What does "lspci -v -v" reveal?
Have you tried pebble? Pebble is designed for what I think you want, and if that works then maybe we can extrapolate. If Pebble doesn't work, ask its supporters for help; if they can't get Pebble working, there's little chance for us.
--
Cheers John
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sitting back to poke out my eyes!
had trouble getting the cover back on the machine. the card is a DLink I use a dp power injector then Linksys wireless ethernet bridge 24 then netgear fast ethernet sweitch fs105
does this help
From: John Summerfield debian@herakles.homelinux.org Reply-To: CentOS mailing list centos@centos.org To: CentOS mailing list centos@centos.org Subject: Re: [CentOS] very new user having problems Date: Tue, 05 Sep 2006 07:18:32 +0800
barbaara fberg wrote:
yes I am certain I do not understand the question.
I have an antenae in the front yard connected with coax cable to a radio toa networking box
it is a wireless connection
You haven't responed to my earilier post.
We need the specifics of you set up; are you using a wireless router or do you have PCI card in your Linux box? What brand? What does "lspci -v -v" reveal?
Have you tried pebble? Pebble is designed for what I think you want, and if that works then maybe we can extrapolate. If Pebble doesn't work, ask its supporters for help; if they can't get Pebble working, there's little chance for us.
--
Cheers John
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barbaara fberg wrote:
had trouble getting the cover back on the machine. the card is a DLink
:-(
I use a dp power injector then Linksys wireless ethernet bridge 24 then netgear fast ethernet sweitch fs105
Okay, if have it right the Linksys device connects to your computer via Cat5 and an RJ-45 connector?
A mate of mine had a couple of Dlink bridges; as I recall he configured them with a web interface. Nothing to do with Linux really, tho he uses Linux (and OS/2).
does this help
From: John Summerfield debian@herakles.homelinux.org Reply-To: CentOS mailing list centos@centos.org To: CentOS mailing list centos@centos.org Subject: Re: [CentOS] very new user having problems Date: Tue, 05 Sep 2006 07:18:32 +0800
barbaara fberg wrote:
yes I am certain I do not understand the question.
I have an antenae in the front yard connected with coax cable to a radio toa networking box
it is a wireless connection
You haven't responed to my earilier post.
We need the specifics of you set up; are you using a wireless router or do you have PCI card in your Linux box? What brand? What does "lspci -v -v" reveal?
Have you tried pebble? Pebble is designed for what I think you want, and if that works then maybe we can extrapolate. If Pebble doesn't work, ask its supporters for help; if they can't get Pebble working, there's little chance for us.
--
Cheers John
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thank you for writing. you and another man have been giving me useful information. I will print out the list of things to follow step by step on the unix machine and hopefully it will connect. I will have time tomorrow to work on it. thanks again for helping
From: John Summerfied debian@herakles.homelinux.org Reply-To: CentOS mailing list centos@centos.org To: CentOS mailing list centos@centos.org Subject: Re: [CentOS] very new user having problems Date: Tue, 05 Sep 2006 10:33:26 +0800
barbaara fberg wrote:
had trouble getting the cover back on the machine. the card is a DLink
:-(
I use a dp power injector then Linksys wireless ethernet bridge 24 then netgear fast ethernet sweitch fs105
Okay, if have it right the Linksys device connects to your computer via Cat5 and an RJ-45 connector?
A mate of mine had a couple of Dlink bridges; as I recall he configured them with a web interface. Nothing to do with Linux really, tho he uses Linux (and OS/2).
does this help
From: John Summerfield debian@herakles.homelinux.org Reply-To: CentOS mailing list centos@centos.org To: CentOS mailing list centos@centos.org Subject: Re: [CentOS] very new user having problems Date: Tue, 05 Sep 2006 07:18:32 +0800
barbaara fberg wrote:
yes I am certain I do not understand the question.
I have an antenae in the front yard connected with coax cable to a radio toa networking box
it is a wireless connection
You haven't responed to my earilier post.
We need the specifics of you set up; are you using a wireless router or do you have PCI card in your Linux box? What brand? What does "lspci -v -v" reveal?
Have you tried pebble? Pebble is designed for what I think you want, and if that works then maybe we can extrapolate. If Pebble doesn't work, ask its supporters for help; if they can't get Pebble working, there's little chance for us.
--
Cheers John
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barbaara fberg wrote:
yes I am certain I do not understand the question.
I have an antenae in the front yard connected with coax cable to a radio toa networking box
it is a wireless connection
let me try it this way. who is your Internet Service Provider? (ISP)
Clearly you're able to connect to the internet or we wouldn't be having this discussion. What equipment "In The House" do you use to connect to the internet with your computer?
The dish outfront connecting inside the house to the radio and the network box. My husband's compuer upstairs is connected with XP professional. I have one computer downstairs that is Windows 98 and a Unix machine I am trying to connect
my ISP is ieway.com
From: Mark Weaver mdw1982@mdw1982.com Reply-To: CentOS mailing list centos@centos.org To: CentOS mailing list centos@centos.org Subject: Re: [CentOS] very new user having problems Date: Mon, 04 Sep 2006 20:01:33 -0400
barbaara fberg wrote:
yes I am certain I do not understand the question.
I have an antenae in the front yard connected with coax cable to a radio toa networking box
it is a wireless connection
let me try it this way. who is your Internet Service Provider? (ISP)
Clearly you're able to connect to the internet or we wouldn't be having this discussion. What equipment "In The House" do you use to connect to the internet with your computer?
-- Mark
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barbaara fberg wrote:
The dish outfront connecting inside the house to the radio and the network box. My husband's compuer upstairs is connected with XP professional. I have one computer downstairs that is Windows 98 and a Unix machine I am trying to connect
my ISP is ieway.com
So... now we're getting somewhere.
You're connecting to a router which is doing DHCP so _that_ is all we need to be concerned with - connecting to the router.
open a console window and type the following then press ENTER:
system-config-network
This will bring up a prompt for the root password. Supply the password and another interface will open up on your desktop. Within this interface named "Network Configuration" you may or may not see a device probably labeled "eth0". If you do not see a device there click the button at the top labeled "New".
Choose Ethernet Connection and click forward.
In the next window you should see listed there the ethernet cards that are currently installed in your system. Choose the one for eth0. You will likely see it displayed with the card name followed by (eth0). Click the forward button.
Since you're likely getting DHCP addresses from the router select the option at the top labeled "Automatically Obtain IP address settings with: (then there'll be a drop down menu whose first choice is DHCP) If you wish you can also supply a host name. Click the Forward button.
On the next screen you'll see information which has been defined for this ethernet connection. Click the apply button and you're almost done.
Now you can see an "inactive" ethernet connection in the Network Configuration window. Click on "File" and choose save. Then click on the object you've just created and click the button at the top labeled Activate. A small window will open up while things are set in motion to connect your new ethernet device to the network and hopefully when it's finished provided you did everything correctly you'll be connected to your network and be able to see the internet.
thank for for the information. I will have to print this out and take it to the other machine so I can follow it step by step. thanks again for helping
From: Mark Weaver mdw1982@mdw1982.com Reply-To: CentOS mailing list centos@centos.org To: CentOS mailing list centos@centos.org Subject: Re: [CentOS] very new user having problems Date: Mon, 04 Sep 2006 23:38:57 -0400
barbaara fberg wrote:
The dish outfront connecting inside the house to the radio and the network box. My husband's compuer upstairs is connected with XP professional. I have one computer downstairs that is Windows 98 and a Unix machine I am trying to connect
my ISP is ieway.com
So... now we're getting somewhere.
You're connecting to a router which is doing DHCP so _that_ is all we need to be concerned with - connecting to the router.
open a console window and type the following then press ENTER:
system-config-network
This will bring up a prompt for the root password. Supply the password and another interface will open up on your desktop. Within this interface named "Network Configuration" you may or may not see a device probably labeled "eth0". If you do not see a device there click the button at the top labeled "New".
Choose Ethernet Connection and click forward.
In the next window you should see listed there the ethernet cards that are currently installed in your system. Choose the one for eth0. You will likely see it displayed with the card name followed by (eth0). Click the forward button.
Since you're likely getting DHCP addresses from the router select the option at the top labeled "Automatically Obtain IP address settings with: (then there'll be a drop down menu whose first choice is DHCP) If you wish you can also supply a host name. Click the Forward button.
On the next screen you'll see information which has been defined for this ethernet connection. Click the apply button and you're almost done.
Now you can see an "inactive" ethernet connection in the Network Configuration window. Click on "File" and choose save. Then click on the object you've just created and click the button at the top labeled Activate. A small window will open up while things are set in motion to connect your new ethernet device to the network and hopefully when it's finished provided you did everything correctly you'll be connected to your network and be able to see the internet.
-- Mark
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I could not wait to get home today to try your suggestions. I did not know how to open a console window so tried emax text editor and text editor. Then I use used the system settings and went to network and put in the password to get to network config. I checked the box on the left and checked activate. a box came up checking my connection it failed no link present. I must have the numbers in the wrong places. I will call my internet connection and see what numbers I have messed up. Sorry this has been so hard and taken so much time. I had to wait to used my husband's machine when he was napping. 24 years ago just before he got out of the service they found cancer and fixed it. It came back more aggressively and he has had chemo each week. 4 more weeks to go. so he was resting a lot over the holiday before he has to do it again. thanks again for your help
From: Mark Weaver mdw1982@mdw1982.com Reply-To: CentOS mailing list centos@centos.org To: CentOS mailing list centos@centos.org Subject: Re: [CentOS] very new user having problems Date: Mon, 04 Sep 2006 23:38:57 -0400
barbaara fberg wrote:
The dish outfront connecting inside the house to the radio and the network box. My husband's compuer upstairs is connected with XP professional. I have one computer downstairs that is Windows 98 and a Unix machine I am trying to connect
my ISP is ieway.com
So... now we're getting somewhere.
You're connecting to a router which is doing DHCP so _that_ is all we need to be concerned with - connecting to the router.
open a console window and type the following then press ENTER:
system-config-network
This will bring up a prompt for the root password. Supply the password and another interface will open up on your desktop. Within this interface named "Network Configuration" you may or may not see a device probably labeled "eth0". If you do not see a device there click the button at the top labeled "New".
Choose Ethernet Connection and click forward.
In the next window you should see listed there the ethernet cards that are currently installed in your system. Choose the one for eth0. You will likely see it displayed with the card name followed by (eth0). Click the forward button.
Since you're likely getting DHCP addresses from the router select the option at the top labeled "Automatically Obtain IP address settings with: (then there'll be a drop down menu whose first choice is DHCP) If you wish you can also supply a host name. Click the Forward button.
On the next screen you'll see information which has been defined for this ethernet connection. Click the apply button and you're almost done.
Now you can see an "inactive" ethernet connection in the Network Configuration window. Click on "File" and choose save. Then click on the object you've just created and click the button at the top labeled Activate. A small window will open up while things are set in motion to connect your new ethernet device to the network and hopefully when it's finished provided you did everything correctly you'll be connected to your network and be able to see the internet.
-- Mark
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barbaara fberg wrote:
I could not wait to get home today to try your suggestions. I did not know how to open a console window so tried emax text editor and text editor. Then I use used the system settings and went to network and put in the password to get to network config.
Hit Alt+F2. Type gnome-terminal or konsole to get a console window.
I checked the box on the left and checked activate. a box came up checking my connection it failed no link present. I must have the numbers in the wrong places. I will call my internet connection and see what numbers I have messed up. Sorry this has been so hard and taken so much time.
Is there a green light that is on on the port where the network cable is plugged in?
Type mii-tool in the console window and let us know what it says.
It should be something like this:
[root@localhost ~]# mii-tool eth0: negotiated 100baseTx-FD, link ok
I had to wait to used my husband's machine when he was napping. 24 years ago just before he got out of the service they found cancer and fixed it. It came back more aggressively and he has had chemo each week. 4 more weeks to go. so he was resting a lot over the holiday before he has to do it again.
I am sorry to hear about your husband's condition. I hope he has the strength to see it through this time round.
On Wed, 2006-09-06 at 10:52 +0800, Feizhou wrote:
barbaara fberg wrote:
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Hit Alt+F2. Type gnome-terminal or konsole to get a console window.
If you have a kde desktop, Applications->System Tools->Terminal if you are more menu oriented at the present time.
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HTH -- Bill
On Tue, 2006-09-05 at 19:05 -0700, barbaara fberg wrote:
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24 years ago just before he got out of the service they found cancer and fixed it. It came back more aggressively and he has had chemo each week. 4 more weeks to go. so he was resting a lot over the holiday before he has to do it again.
Many prayers are with you and for you and your hsuband.
-- Bill
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