Re: Network Config - again

[Rick Stevens <rstevens vitalstream com>]

Joshua Berger wrote:
> I got a few suggestions about what to do, but I've done all that.  Note 
> that there are two other computers on the network running.... 
> windows....  But the connection works on those two computers.  My 
> network card is set to DHCP in Linux, but it refuses to activate and 
> says that it fails to get an IP.  I tried putting a static ip of 
> 192.168.1.102 (so that there is no conflict), and it activates, but I 
> still can't browse the web.  Also, when I try to connect to 
> http://192.168.1.1, it says the connection was refused.  I'm really 
> stumped.  Thanks for all your support so far.

Generally, the CABLE MODEM will be 192.168.1.1.  The Linksys routers are
almost ALWAYS 192.168.0.1 (note the 0.1).  If you can access 192.168.0.1
from the Linux box with a static IP, that's OK.

To hit the internet, don't forget you need to set your default gateway.
Generally these commands would set up a fixed address and gateway for
you (assuming my guesses about the Linksys are right):

	ifconfig eth0 192.168.0.102 netmask 255.255.255.0
	route add default gw 192.168.0.1

And I simply can't believe the DHCP server is ignoring you.  There
must be something else going on here.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
- Rick Stevens, Senior Systems Engineer     rstevens vitalstream com -
- VitalStream, Inc.                       http://www.vitalstream.com -
-                                                                    -
-     Warning:  You are logged into reality as the root user...      -
----------------------------------------------------------------------