Steven Elling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I used the IP 10.0.0.1 as an example. If you are going to use static IPs, >you need to use one for the network you are on. Are you directly >connecting to the Internet or are you on a private network with a gateway, >firewall or proxy to the Internet? Is DHCP being used on the network to >handle dynamic IPs? > >If you are directly connected to the Internet, you cannot use any IP as >defined in RFC1918 (http://www.rfc-editor.org/) because they are reserved >for private networks and are not routeable to the Internet. The IP ranges >in RFC1918 include 10.0.0.0 - 10.255.255.255, 172.16.0.0 - 172.31.255.255, >and 192.168.0.0 - 192.168.255.255. You will need to find out what IP >address range your ISP is using and then try to find an IP that is unused. >Warning, doing this will cause an IP conflict if someone else starts using >the IP you used. > >If you are on a private network, you will still need to find out what IP >address range is being used. You will also need to set the routes and/or >define where the proxy server is using http_proxy and ftp_proxy (man wget >for more details). > >Once you get the network details figured out and the interfaces configure, >try to ping a neighbor or one of the routes. > >In my experiences, if the kernel/Gentoo can detect the card and load the >drivers then their is nothing wrong with the drivers --- provided of course >the drivers are not alpha, which they shouldn't be. >
Hi, I am answering both Steven Elling's and Ian Truelsen's questions. I was using the 10.0.0.1 address as an example too. I actually found a few unused IP addresses by pinging addresses that differed by one digit to the PC i am using now. Once i was able to find an unused address, i assigned it to eth0, which at this point was the Netgear FA311 card. I had the same problems with this card. I wasn't able to ping my other PC, and vice versa. However, when I replaced this card with the Belkin F5D5000, i was able to ping my other PC, and vice versa. i wasn't able to ping for example 'www.yahoo.com', but if i used the actual ip address (216.109.125.79) it works. This became important when i tried to use 'emerge sync', where i get the error message: 'starting rsync with rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage... rsync: get addrinfo: rsync.gentoo.org 873: Temporary failure in name resolution. rsync error: error in socket IO (code 10) at clientserver.c (83)' So, i used the 'emerge-webrsync' command instead. My question is, does this accomplish the same objective, or do i need to find a solution to the name resolution problem to finish the installation process? To answer Ian's question, > What does lsmod show? Does ifconfig now show the interfaces being up? 'ifconfig' does show the interfaces being up. However, as expected i get two slightly different outputs when i use 'lsmod' depending on which card i am using (i decided to troubleshot by using one card at a time). Here are the results. Netgear card: natsemi, amp, floppy, serial, isa-pnp, snapshot, md_xor, md_raid1, md_raid0, md_linear, md_core, lvm_vge, ldev_mgr, dos,_part, evms_passthru, evms_drivelink, evms_bbr, evms, cloop, usb-storage, hid, usb-ohci, usbcore Belkin: 8139too, mii, .... (the rest is the same, with the exception of 'natsemi') I recognize 8139too as the driver for the Belkin F5D5000 card, but i thought the driver for the Netgear FA311 was called FA311. I am probably wrong though. Thanks for your help again, much appreciated. Az. __________________________________________________________________ McAfee VirusScan Online from the Netscape Network. Comprehensive protection for your entire computer. Get your free trial today! http://channels.netscape.com/ns/computing/mcafee/index.jsp?promo=393397 Get AOL Instant Messenger 5.1 free of charge. Download Now! http://aim.aol.com/aimnew/Aim/register.adp?promo=380455 -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
