For those who gave me advice on my NIC problem yesterday...thank you...I solved it last night and now have ADSL up and running on RH 8.0. Next trick is to get Samba working with my XP client.
Peter van Hout -----Original Message----- From: Zane Gilmore [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, 19 November 2002 11:46 p.m. To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: NIC card Peter, from the root command line type: ifconfig then post the results then we may be able to help you. On Sun, 2002-11-17 at 21:21, Peter van Hout wrote: > Well that's interesting. A tried to get an ADSL modem to work through > the NIC to my ISP but couldn't get it to work. I couldn't ping the > gateway address for the ADSL modem. > > I used all the settings from my WinXP box to set up the ADSL modem but > couldn't get it to work. Can you do screen dumps for me so that I can > check to make sure all the settings are in the right boxes? If you > don't mind I'll try again tonight and if I can not get it to work, I'll > send you the screen dumps to look at. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Andy George [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, 18 November 2002 10:07 a.m. > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: NIC card > > Mine does this too... says NOT ACTIVATED, but I've logged into the > server, got a DHCP address, can see the shares, access to the internet, > and everything, so sod it... I left it alone... > > Andy George > ZL3ST > > On Mon, 2002-11-18 at 08:51, Peter van Hout wrote: > > Newbie question. > > > > I have installed RH 8.0 onto an E45 HP server which has a NIC card > > installed. The install picked up the card OK and appears to have > > configured it. In the Configure Network Settings under Ethernet > Device > > it allows you to activate the card. Click on activate and it sits > > there but does not activate it. The green light on the NIC card is > on > > and the install program has installed the correct driver (I pulled the > > card out to check the make and model number). > > > > I have read the manuals (yes I printed them out...yes all of them. and > > take them to bed to read...) and I have done as they have suggested. > > > > I check the web out later in the day but if anyone has had the same > > problem and resolved it...some help would be appreciated. > > > > Peter van Hout > > > > >
