Ok, an update. One thing I hadn't done, and I don't think I mentioned it here yet - was I forgot to make sure eth0 was started up (it was shut off at one time). I did
/etc/init.d/net.eth0 start and got * Bringing eth0 up... * eth0 dhcp [ ok ] * eth0 received address 192.168.1.20 But still can't connect to anything. Firefox tries, then says it can't find the url. (Before it would pop up right away with that message.) Someone else suggested the IP 192.168.1.20 looks more like one from a router (but I'm not using mine yet). I don't know anything about that myself. After I tried that I tried dialing back in and couldn't. I ended up having to do /etc/init.d/net.eth0 stop before I was able to dial back in successfully. Maybe with eth0 back on, I should try some of the commands you suggested earlier again? > > > > Since your ISP can "see" your NIC, maybe it is the interface settings > > that are incorrect. What does the list say? > > Your right on. The issue is with DHCP since her eth0 interface didn't > show an IP. Personally, I would boot with Knoppix from the CD, because: > > 1) we can all easily get and run Knoppix without mucking up our > existing linux setup (this is your point about consistency of a linux > environment.) > 2) Knoppix uses DHCP by default to setup its networking > 3) it comes with the Mozilla browser. > > Regards, > - Robert > http://www.cwelug.org/downloads > Help others get OpenSource. Distribute FLOSS for > Windows, Linux, *BSD, and MacOS X with BitTorrent > > _______________________________________________ > CWE-LUG mailing list > http://www.cwelug.org/ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.firepipe.net/listinfo/cwe-lug > _______________________________________________ CWE-LUG mailing list http://www.cwelug.org/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.firepipe.net/listinfo/cwe-lug
