Hi I installed Mandrake 7.0 last night, and I have been unable to get my internet connection going. I DLed the i386iso and burnt the CD, no problems... the install went very smoothly, and I get no errors. I am running two NICs ( a 3Com 509b and an SMC1211TX) Linux shows both of these as what they are, but the drivers in the Network config don't seem to match up well as far as numbers go..it looks like it's trying to use realtek drivers (rt139?) on one of the cards... which is the one I'm sure works : ) I can ping my LAN with no problems with eth0, and have tried switching the cables around so I use the same NIC for the Cable Modem but have had no luck... I've tried using the DHCP ...no go..., and manually setting everything with the info from winipcfg ... again , no luck. I think there is a deeper problem than the actual settings there because my Modems "PC light" never comes on in Linux. (Motorola CyberSURFER Wave Modem). I have spent the last 6-7 hours combing the various help sites and the newbie archives with no real results. I have called RoadRunner as well but they do not support Linux at all. The tech I spoke to said as long as I get a TCP/IP pulse going into the modem the light should come on... Everything does work fine in Windows (98) btw. And while I'm on this subject, is there nay way to tell what NIC is actually eth0 and which eth1 without physically moving the cables to see which works? any help would be GREATLY appreciated! thanks, Mark aka Zachnefein [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://awol.clanpages.com
