Paul, I think a little bit more information is required to help you. Do you dial-up or ADSL? If the latter, is the modem setup to allow you to use PPPoE ?
Just in case you are well beyond this, have you used Mandrake's control centre to setup your connection ? Phil On Fri, 12 Aug 2005 09:41 pm, Paul Maloney wrote: > Hi, > My name is Paul and I am very new to Linux, My system is a Intel pent 4, > 3 gh with a 120gb hd and I have allocated 30gb to Linux. > I am running Mandrake 9.2 and love it, everything runs ok except my > internet connection. > When I try to go on line I get a Localhost error. > can anyone help an old dumb fellow. > Thanks, Paul -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
