Guy,
I think your still a bit confused about what civileme was saying. From my
recollection of your original post, you initially had your system configured
to use your modem to access the internet. (or that is the way the install
configured your system) You now have an ethernet card and a serial modem
installed in your system. You want to use the ethernet card and your cable
modem to access the internet and you want the serial modem to "shut up" and
let you do it. The problem is that your network configuration still thinks
your serial modem is the default route to the internet and has no idea what to
do with your ethernet card or cable modem.
To solve the problem, follow the steps that civileme suggested. What he is
having you do is reconfigure your network configuration so that your ethernet
card (eth0) is the default route to the internet instead of your USR modem.
The configuration that needs to be done has nothing to do with your USR modem
being on or off. You basically just have to configure your box to look to your
network card for the internet connection instead of looking to the USR modem
for the connection.
I haven't played with LM8.0, basically because 7.2 works flawlessly for
me. If they still have linuxconf in 8.0, give that a try to configure your
ethernet card.
Guy R Gauthier wrote:
> > What is is saying is that your NIC is not the internet connection.
> >
> > In order to have more than one internet connection, you need to use
> > DrakProfile to set up
> > multiple profiles.
> Hi Civileme,
>
> I only have one Internet connection, so I shouldn't need to use
> DrakProfile, right?
>
> > If you during install set up the NIC first than added a normal modem
> > (not a cable modem), this
> > would be exactly what would happen. The NIC would be assumed to be
> > a local netwiork connection
> > and the modem the internet connection.
> I do have a regular modem but it's turned off right now. It's an external
> US Robotics 56K, which I don't use because I have the cable modem.
>
> > To do this properly, remove ALL interfaces then put just the NIC
> > back and let that be yuour
> > internet gateway. Draknet was set up this way because many
> > customers use a Mandrake system as a
> > gateway to the internet for other local machines--sharing an
> > internet connection.
> Again, Mandrake doesn't see my 56K modem because it's turned off. So
> should I still take out the interfaces?
>
> > The easiest way is to reinstall in this case, and make sure you talk
> > to Draknet in its interface window
> > during install and install ONLY local network.
> I have re-installed amny times. I always put in the infrmation I was
> provided by the cable company whenever I was asked.
>
> > The current Beta has a Draknet that removes many of the
> > restrictions of 8.0 including the one you speak of.
> I have just finished installing the beta 2, and it appears that I can't
> get as far with it as I did with M8.0. I just don't know what to do right
> now.
> > Civileme
> > QA Team
>
> Guy
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