Yeah, just type as root: ifdown eth0 before you dial out to connect with you modem. Your theory is pretty much right there. That command will shut down the interface to your nic card. As far as configuring your nic card, one needs to know how you connnect: lan, broadband, etc., whether you isp assigns an ip number, and what kind of service: adsl, cable. In either case, you need to get your card recognized and configured. type as root: cat /proc/pci (assuming it's a pci card) and see if it shows up. It may only read as a communication device or possibly ethernet controller. Then you need to load the driver for it, if it's not already. You can type as root: lsmod to see if it's listed, if you know it. 3c59x, tulip, ne2000, natsemi are some of the more commonly used ones. If it's listed, then I would go into netconf to set it up. Type as root: netconf. Then set it up. Again it would depend on how you plan to connect, what kind of broadband, etc.... If it's not, then you can: modprobe <your driver needed>. If you tell us what kind of card you have, we might be able to tell you which module to use. MOF, come back with more info and we can help you further. -s On Thursday 13 September 2001 12:56 am, Admin wrote: > Hello: > > Got a problem. �I was trying to configure my nic using the Mandrake Control > Center - Connection. �I entered the information as best I thought. �I am > pretty new at Linux and admitedly �some of it was guess work. �After I > finished configuring it I rebooted the system. > > When I tried to re-establish my connection to the internet via my modem the > connection was established without any problems. �But now none of my > internet applicatons are able to access internet locations. �My email > program is timing out, can't access IRC, and web browser also times out. > > I am able to gain full access again, if and only if I physically remove the > nic from the slot in the computer. �I suspect, once the modem connects with > the isp, the pc is trying to access the internet via the nic instead of the > modem. �It is a theory and the only one I have. > > With the nic installed, I have tried going back to Mandrake's control > center, but when I click on the connection icon, it times out after 15 > seconds. �So I can't go back and reconfigure the nic. > > Can somebody guide me on how to get back to where I was before I tried to > configure my nic? �I am very new at this. �I have read some of the > documentation on configuring network cards, and establishing lan's (my > ultimate goal) but find many of it to deal in generalities. �I have had the > system for maybe a couple of weeks and still feel like I am walking blind > through a mind field. �Thanks in advance for your help. > > Regards, > > Dexter
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