I am set up statically already, but I don't understand why repushing my
modem and computer will help. I have completely reinstalled 7.1 several
times and my @Home connection works everytime. However, whenever I install
7.2 and follow the exact same network configuration I cannot connect. As I
said, I've gone back and forth between 7.1 and 7.2 several times and
everytime I can get a connection with 7.1 but not with 7.2.
I will call tech as you suggest, but I still think it has something to do
with 7.2 because I've read several similar postings with the same problem
involving other ethernet cards (where it worked under 7.1 but wouldn't work
under 7.2) on another Mandrake newsgroup.
> Hi peter,-
> Actually I work for the @home network. All you need to do is call tech
> support and have them repush your modem and computer and set yourself up
> statically if you havent already. Also have the tech look at the
whiteboard
> and see if there are any outages in your area. That should take care of
> your issue. If not reinstall your nic card.
>
Chronos.
> At 07:12 PM 11/04/2000 -0800, you wrote:
> >I had my @Home service working fine under Mandrake 7.1 with an Ethernet
> >card which uses the Macronix MX987x5 driver. Under 7.1 my Ethernet card
is
> >autodetected and my Internet connection works perfectly after going
through
> >the network installation wizard. With 7.2 it correctly identifies the
same
> >Macronix driver as in 7.1, but I cannot establish an outside connection.
> >
> >I can ping my IP, but when I try to ping my gateway or dns server I get
> >nothing. However, I know something is going on because I can see the
lights
> >on the cable modem blink as I try to ping the outside world. Thus, it
seems
> >the Ethernet card is doing something, but I'm not getting a connection.
> >
> >Since I know I configured everything just as I did under 7.1 I cannot
figure
> >out what the problem is. Has something changed with the way 7.2
configures a
> >network? Any suggestions on what to try next?
> >
> >Another matter related to this has to do with the network configuration
tool
> >part of DrakConf. When I double-checked all of my network entries using
this
> >tool and saved any changes I noticed that field for host+domain cuts off
the
> >end of long names. I verified this by looking at several of the
> >configuration files like /etc/sysconfig/network and
> >/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0. Since @Home provides these
really
> >long domain names you end up losing some of the characters if you use the
> >DrakConf utility. Thus, I had to edit all the affected files to correct
for
> >this (not to mention reinstalling both 7.1 and 7.2 several times each -
7.1
> >always works, while 7.2 always fails).
>
>
