okay i dont know what i did but i woke up booted my computer and now it can ping the outside world...but now i have a new problem...for
some reason i cant get a browser open. I click on netscape, the computer will sit there and do its thing and then it just stops...no
netscape no error nothing. i tried mozilla to same thing.
robert jorgenson wrote:
> okay ifconfig works fine eth0 shows up and i have an ip but there is no /etc/sysconfig/network file. Not using a cisco router just the
> qwest gateway box and a netgear hub
>
> Craig White wrote:
>
> > robert jorgenson wrote:
> > >
> > > okay i am running SuSE 7.2(FINALLY thanx gontran and EBo) and so far all
> > > i have done is ran yast2 and setup the NIC and i ran the hostname/dns
> > > utility and checked the box that said use dhcp to set the hostname. And
> > > i tried pinging stuff starting with this computer which it is hooked up
> > > to on a network and it worked...the i tried pinging the gateway that
> > > qwesy gave us and that worked...but i cant get outside to the internet.
> > > If anyone knows whats goin on and can help i would appreciate it MUCHO!
> > > thanx
> > >
> > -----
> > type ifconfig
> >
> > it should list something like...
> >
> > eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:E0:29:43:F9:07
> > inet addr:24.221.62.42 Bcast:24.221.62.255
> > Mask:255.255.255.0
> > UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
> > RX packets:410999 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
> > TX packets:344092 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
> > collisions:16749
> > RX bytes:327112700 (311.9 Mb) TX bytes:55661176 (53.0 Mb)
> >
> > lo Link encap:Local Loopback
> > inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
> > EtherTalk Phase 2 addr:0/0
> > UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
> > RX packets:103354 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
> > TX packets:103354 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
> > collisions:0
> > RX bytes:48758734 (46.4 Mb) TX bytes:48758734 (46.4 Mb)
> >
> > does eth0 show up? have an address?
> >
> > then cat /etc/sysconfig/network
> >
> > it should look something like this...
> >
> > NETWORKING=yes
> > HOSTNAME="hostname.isp.tld"
> > GATEWAY=24.221.62.41
> > GATEWAYDEV=eth0
> >
> > You need to have a gateway address and gateway device listed in this
> > file so - if you are really a dhcpcd (or pump) client, these should be
> > filled out automatically when you obtain an ip address.
> >
> > If you are using a Cisco 675/678 DSL modem using Qwest as ISP, then you
> > would probably want to configure manually and forget about DHCP
> > altogether...
> >
> > Qwest would normally configure the lan settings of a Cisco 675/678 with
> > an ip address of 10.0.0.1 so you could simply change your settings as
> > follows (manually configured)
> >
> > ip address 10.0.0.2
> > subnet mask 255.255.255.0
> > gateway address 10.0.0.1
> > gateway device eth0
> >
> > /etc/resolv.conf (for phoenix area - Qwest ISP only)
> >
> > nameserver 206.80.192.1
> > nameserver 204.147.80.5
> > domain qwest.net
> >
> > Craig
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