I reread your output and it says DHCP. I have a very old shaw cable modem, and I always get a gateway back. This may seem odd - if You still have a windows box around if you boot it up does it get a gateway?
If you can do this, and windows does get a gateway - you could try entering it into Mandrake manually as a test (Although this would suggest a problem/incompatibility between the DHCP server and the Mandrake DHCP client). Mike On Thu, 2004-06-10 at 20:52, John Marshall wrote: > Hello Everyone: > > I am hoping you can help me with a number of Mandrake 10 Official Linux > problems. Note: I had none of these problems with Mandrake 9.2. Wherever > possible, please use the KDE menu method of changing whatever needs changing > (I am still uncomfortable using command line commands). If something really > does need to be done at the command line, then please be specific about > commands and options: > > Internet Connection > ============== > > I cannot connect to the Internet! > > While installing Mandrake 10 Official (M10), I seem to have no problems with > getting updates (i.e. my network card and connection to my ISP (Shaw) are > not problems). Even when I boot into M10, I get no errors (i.e. I get "OK" > on everything). Then when I go into the Mandrake Control Center, I see the > following: > > Network & Internet > ============== > > Manage connections > ------------------------------ > > -----> TCP/IP (TAB) > ---------------------------- > ----------> Protocol: DHCP > ----------> IP address: 68.146.61.13 > ----------> Netmask: 255.255.255.0 > ----------> Gateway: (blank) > ----------> DNS servers: 64.59.135.133 and 64.59.135.135 > ----------> Search Domain: cg.shawcable.net > > -----> Options (TAB) > ---------------------------- > ----------> Start at boot: ticked > ----------> Track network card id (useful for laptops): not ticked > ----------> Network Hotplugging: ticked > > -----> Information (TAB) > --------------------------------- > ----------> Vendor: D-Link Inc > ----------> Description: DFE 538 TX > ----------> Media class: NETWORK_ETHERNET > ----------> Module name: 8139too > ----------> Bus: PCI > ----------> Location on the bus: - > (NOTE: I really have a Realtek card but I suspect that D-Link's technology > is used in the Realtek product. In any case, I found no realtek driver for > my model. > > -----> Internet Access: > ------------------------------- > ----------> Connection type: lan > ----------> Status: not connected > ----------> Parameters: > ---------------> Host Name (optional): (blank) > ---------------> First DNS Server (optional): 64.59.135.133 > ---------------> Second DNS Server (optional): 64.59.135.135 > ---------------> Third DNS Server (optional): (blank) > > > Menu Order > ========= > Even when I go into the Menu Editor and sequence things alphabetically, the > menu stays in whatever order it pleases. How do I force it to change? > Aaron, it would be wonderful to be able to right click on any menu and have > an option to sort alphabetically or to drag and drop menu items (as in > Windows 2000/XP) when bringing out KDE 3.3. > > Documentation > =========== > Even with all security updates, bug fixes and all optional updates, when I > click on the Welcome screen "Documentation" link, it says it can't find it > at the specified location. > > Root User GUI > =========== > Mandrake indicates that using a GUI at "root" level is hazardous. Aaron, in > KDE 3.3, can we make a GUI at "root" level safe? Or if not, what things can > I do safely by KDE and what things can't I do safely? > > Alphashield > ========= > I use the Vancouver-based "AlphaShield" to protect my computer. It is a > sort of hardware-based firewall. After 15 minutes of no access to the > Internet, it blocks the Internet and I have to press a button on it to > activate the Internet when using Windows XP. I notice that under Linux, it > never times out. Why? > > Thanks for your assistance while I make the transition from Windows to > Linux. > > John Marshall > > > > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca -- Mike Petch CApp::Sysware Consulting Ltd. Suite 1002,1140-15th Ave SW. Calgary, Alberta, Canada. T2R 1K6. (403)804-5700. _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca
