On Monday 05 January 2004 13:17, Merlin Zener wrote: > On Mon, 2004-01-05 at 19:57, Anne Wilson wrote: > > [...snip] > > 8139 suggests a Realtek, which are usually OK. Do you use dhcp > > or static IP? > > I've got no idea. > When both machines are running windoze it *just works*. I've never > entered a specific IP address to connect to the net [via modem] so > I'm assuming the ISP assigns one to me. I didn't think I needed an > IP address to get my local network running - I thought that was > only to connect to outside web pages etc? > > How would I find out what Linux *thinks* it's using? > Right - well the first thing is to see what your windows boxes are using. Check *all* the network config tabs and write down the results. It's very likely that they are using dhcp - i.e. letting the isp set your ip. That's fine on many counts, though there are some advantages in using static I, my preferred option.
Once we know what the rest of your lan is doing we can advise you how to make your Mandrake box join in <g> Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet?
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