Help getting on internet - Netgear fa311

[xxx]

I originally put this in rants. Sorry about that. Should have put it here in the first place.

I copied the object file 'fa311.o' to /lib/modules/2.2.16-22/net
I then ran depmod -a and
modprobe fa311 and
netcfg
I set eth0 to active, but in the xterm window I can see the following :
Determining IP information for eth0...Operation failed.

If I try to ping anything other than 127.0.0.1 it says unknown host. Kind of expect that since the only entry in the /etc/hosts file is localhost.localdomain
But I'm not really sure where to go from here. Any help is welcome. The card works just fine under 98, so I know it's capable of hitting the DHCP server (my router). The linksys router I'm going out through is set up for DHCP, and under windows of course the IP is assigned to my machine. What is the equivalent in linux?

[DMR]

I'm away from my Linux box right now, but here are a few questions that come to mind:

If you type ifconfig, do you see the correct IP and netmask listed for eth0?

Can you ping the NIC itself?

Did you set your router's address as the default gateway?

Is the DHCP client daemon running? I use static addressing on my internal network, but in your case, I think you need dhcpd. I don't know the particulars, but the subject has been covered here before. You might try a Forum Search for the keywords "DHCP" or "dhcpd".
Also, try the graphical configuration tools netconf or linuxconf, and see what information they present you. You should be able to make your changes from there.

[ 20 July 2001: Message edited by: DMR ]

[xxx]

ifconfig eth0 gives me :
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr (some addr)
BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0
TX packets:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0

ifconfig lo gives me :
lo Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr (some addr)
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:3924 Metric:1
RX packets:14
TX packets:14
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0

If I try to ping anything other than localhost I get :
connect: Network is unreachable

(that just sounds like it's not trying hard)

Any ideas? Does it even know my card exists? I'm not convinced it does just because it recognizes eth0.

[DMR]

OK- at least your card does does seem to be up and running, but it doesn't seem to be getting it's IP information via DHCP. It's getting really late in my time zone, so I'm going to sign off with these last thoughts:

Aside from running ifconfig and pinging your NIC, did you try my other suggestions ( Forum Search, routing/gateway check, using netconf/linuxconf, etc.)?

[bdg1983]

Deleted.

I make it a habit not to respond to crossposts.

[ 21 July 2001: Message edited by: mdwatts the 3rd ]

[xxx]

Never mind. I got it. Not really sure how, but apparently if you type in enough numbers, eventually you get lucky. Thanks all for your efforts.