10/100 RealTek 8139(a) Mandrake 7.2

[RyanJGill]

Ok,
I bought a Realtek RTL8139(A).
Im running Linux-Mandrake 7.2,
Mandrake detected it,
But I do not know what to do next.

I just want to connect to the net!!!

*new to linux*

[Kinjana]

Start off by seeing if you can configure the network

What's at the other end of the network cable plugged into your card?


from a terminal window, (or just from the console if you're not running X)

as root type "netconfig"

Then you can add ip address, dns servers and a gateway, or set to DHCP if you're using dynamic addressing.

Once you enter all the necessary vaules and exit netconfig

type "ifconfig"
you should get a response with the first line reading
"eth0...."
eth0 is the network card

if you get this then your set
if not

type ifup eth0 to bring up the interface
if this fails

report back what's happened and we can try to troubleshoot.

Kinj

[ 02 March 2001: Message edited by: Kinjana ]

[RyanJGill]

"What's at the other end of the network cable plugged into your card?"

I dont know,
how do I find out?

[Kinjana]

What do you mean you don't know??

I think I phrased my question poorly.

You've got to plug your network cable in somewhere.
How are you connecting to the internet?

DSL/Cable?

[RyanJGill]

im on the schools network, in the dorms.
T1, category 5 . . . . .

[Kinjana]

ok --

So have you plugged in the cable, and tried what I've suggested using netconfig?

[Molecule Man]

Or you can use the GUI DrakCOnf to set up your network. You will need the same numbers that I presume you used to get connected in Windows.

[RyanJGill]

Ok,
netconfig from the terminal window didnt work,
not a program.
i was logged in as root.

In,
LinuxConf the numbers all seam to be there.
DrakConf,
I dont really know what to do,
ive fished all around those CONF programs and all the numbers seam to be there.

When i did ifconfig
ETH0 was the first line --

[RyanJGill]

i know my Gateway, subnet mask, dns suffix, and ip address.

do i need anything else?

[Molecule Man]

That should be sufficent unless you also need a proxy address.

IN MDK7.2 in DrakConf there is one panel labeled Network Configuration.
http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/demos/Demo/Mandrake7/DrakConf/ fo a neat demo on that.

If you still have problems show us a copy of everything that is outputed from ifconfig with no arguments.

[RyanJGill]

This may be a little hard to read.

[root@surfsite /root]# ifconfig

eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:50:FC:1F:93 :D2

inet addr:192.168.27.26
Bcast:192.168.0.255
Mask:255.255.255.0

UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:86 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:17 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0

collisions:0 txqueuelen:100

Interrupt:11 Base address:0xbc00

lo
Link encap:Local Loopback

inet addr:127.0.0.1
Mask:255.0.0.0

UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:3924 Metric:1

RX packets:20 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:20 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0

collisions:0 txqueuelen:0

[Kinjana]

from drakconf, all you would typically do is run linux conf anyway.


It presents a pretty windows interface instead of the console one.

From your post however, your machine should be working just fine --

the packets TX and RX numbers indicate that information is both being sent and recieved by your computer -- are you having trouble?

I think you should be surfing away--
strange netconfig didn't bring up anything

Kinj

[RyanJGill]

hey,
i got it working!

Yeah so i re-installed,
but hey..

[SeanC]

I also just bought the reltek 10/100M ethernet card. I used the same IP address and Subnet Mask I had it set to under Windoze and wham my 15Gig Snap Server 1000 showed right up. If you need your settings from Windows, hopefully you kept it running until you conquer Linux (my situation), try running the command in Win "winipcfg" from the run screen. Then you will have all your adaptor settings.

I hope this helps. I will trade any information I can for help in gettign my USB Zip drive working in Linux.

Enjoy,
Sean