[mrbig]

Hi there everyone.

I am runinng Linux mandrake 10.0 and I am having a problem getting it to get an ip address so I can connect to the internet. Is there anyone that can help me please

[Squashman]

What is the output of ifconfig.

[mrbig]

Ok. here is what I got when I typed ifconfig

eth0 linkencop:ethernet Hwaddr 00:E0:4C:9D:21:75
inet6 addr:fe80::2e0:4cff:fe9d:21:75/64 scope:link
UPBROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 METRIC:1
RX Packets:0 errors:0 dropped:382 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
Collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RXbytes:0 (0.0 b) TXbytes:0 (0.0 b)
Interrupt:16 Base address:0xec00

lo l link encap:local loopback
inet address:127.0.0.1 mask 255.0.0.0
inet address: ::1/128 scope:host
Up loop back Running MTU:16436 metric:1
RX packets:197 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:197 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txquelen:0
Rxbytes:14684 (14.3kb) tx bytes 14684 (14.3 kb)

Is there anything there that needs to be fixed if so how. Thanks.

[lunchbox]

How is your network setup? Is the ethernet card connected directly to the net or is it going through a router of sorts?

If its connected directly with a cable modem use the command "dhcpcd eth0"

if that doesnt work replace dhcpcd with "dhclient"

[mrbig]

Yes It directly connected to the ethernet card. I will try that and let you know within a few mins what happened.

[mrbig]

I have typed in dhclient and here is what I got back

Sit0:unknown hardware address type 776
/sbin/dhclient-script:configuration for sit0 not found
sit0:unknown hardware address type 776
listening on LPF/sit0
sending on LPF/sit0
Listening on LPF/eth0/00:e0:4c:9d:2175
Sending on LPF/eth0/00:e0:4c:9d:2175
Listening on LPF/lo
Sending on LPF/lo
Sending on socket/Failback
recieve_packet failed on sit0:network is down
DHCPDISCOVER on sit0to255.255.255.255 port67 interval 3
Send_packet:network is down
DHCPDISCOVER on sit0to255.255.255.255 port67 interval 8
DHCPDISCOVER on sit0to255.255.255.255 port67 interval 6
DHCPDISCOVER on sit0to255.255.255.255 port67 interval 8
send_packet:network is down
DHCPDISCOVER on loto255.255.255.255 port67 interval 14
DHCPDISCOVER on eth0to255.255.255.255 port67 interval 18
DHCPDISCOVER on sit0to255.255.255.255 port67 interval 15
sending_packet:network is down
DHCPDISCOVER on eth0to255.255.255.255 port67 interval 13
DHCPDISCOVER on loto255.255.255.255 port67 interval 21
DHCPDISCOVER on sit0to255.255.255.255 port67 interval 8
send_packet:network is down
DHCPDISCOVER on eth0to255.255.255.255 port67 interval 15
DHCPDISCOVER on sit0to255.255.255.255 port67 interval 15
send_packet: network is down
DHCPDISCOVER on loto255.255.255.255
DHCPDISCOVER on eth0to255.255.255.255
DHCPDISCOVER on sit0to255.255.255.255
send_packet:network is down
DHCPDISCOVER on loto255.255.255.255
DHCPDISCOVER on sit0to255.255.255.255
send_packet:network is down
NoDHCPOFFERS recieved
No working leases inpersisant data
/sbin/dhclient-script:configuration


Hope this helps you to figure out what is wrong

thanks

[lunchbox]

Did you type "dhclient eth0"

??

It shouldnt return that as far as im aware, although my experience is primarily with pump and dhcpcd

[lynch]

Open Mandrake Control Center> network & Internet and set up your network interface.
lynch

[Verity]

This should apply to most Linux distributions, not just Mandrake.


/sbin/ifconfig eth0 up 192.168.1.101 netmask 255.255.255.0 (required)

/sbin/route add eth0 default gw 192.168.1.1 (optional)


This setup assumes you are on a network without DHCP, and that you want to

assign your computer a static internal IP address of 192.168.1.101 (all machines

on your network must also have IP addresses of 192.168.1.* too ).


The second statement is optional, but needed if you have a gateway on your

network (such as a hardware router, made by companies like Linksys or Netgear ).

The IP address is often 192.168.1.1, but does not have to be.