Cant even get my Internet working with router

[sshe11]

I have a Windows network setup and running on 2 computers I have.

I installed Linux on one of them but I cant configure my ethernet cards to access the Internet. My router has the following address:

router: 192.168.0.1
1st Computer (with Linux) : 192.168.0.100
2nd Computer: 192.168.0.101

My DHCP server is enabled on my router.

I have a Cable Internet connection.

Please help. This is the first time I have setup my network and stuff.

[andysimmons]

Can you ping the router from Linux? If so, can you pull up an address like 216.239.53.104 in a browser? If you can do both, you'll need to specify which DNS servers your Linux box should use. If you need specific info on that, let me know which distro you have and I can probably help you out.

[Atealtha]

which distro are you using? try and look for some kind of control center that has a "use DHCP" option, and have that enabled. that's really all the work you need to do.

[sshe11]

I am using RedHat 8.0. I can access my router from Mozilla by

typing in 192.168.0.1 but i cant access any other website from

Mozilla.

[homey]

If you are getting the ip address from your router, you should also be getting the dns from there. Check the file /etc/resolv.conf to see if your ISP dns servers are listed.

Can you ping any outside ip addresses?

[gschimek]

I'm not sure about your router, but with mine, I have to have DHCP turned off if I use static IPs for my machines. And I also have to specify a gateway (my router's IP) and DNS servers.

But if I have DHCP turned on in the router, I need to set my machines to use DHCP (obtain an IP address automatically, etc)

[sshe11]

Hey thanks guys... it was something really stupid i was missing.... i tried to setup a new Internet Connection and got it working and i was missing a couple of things:

1. Obtain DNS from service provider.
2. Bind to MAC address.

Anyways thanks a LOT !!!!