Re: [Plug] redhat, linksys, and suburban@home :-(

[Joshua Mazess <mazessj@op.net>]

Are you running the dhcp client? What does your /sbin/ifconfig look like? What
settings did suburban@home provide you with? Do you have their Windows
configuration instructions? --Josh

Michelle Weber wrote:

> Hi, I am having a slight problem with my redhat 6.0 box, with a linksys
> card, and my freshly installed suburban@home cable modem.
> If anyone has any ideas on what might be wrong, I would definitely try
> anything at this point.
> Suburban won't really help me because I'm using linux, and they say they
> can ping my modem, just not my ip.
> What I have set up is redhat 6.0 box, with a 2.2.10 kernel i just
> compiled.  I compiled in support for my ethernet card, which is really
> just a ne2000 pci compatible card.  A friend of mine uses comcast@home,
> with redhat 6.0, and the same exact nic card I have. (In fact, I set up
> that machine myself, and compiled a kernel similar to mine, which works
> fine, I'm using the box right now)
> I set everything up using netconf, I put in my host name, domain name,
> name servers, netmask, picked eth0 for the device, and the default
> gateway, all as they appear on the little config sheet, and I've checked
> many many many times to make sure everything is entered correctly in here.
> When the machine starts up, I see it find the ethernet card, when lo, and
> eth0 start up they say "OK".  When I do a /sbin/ifconfig, the card and
> localhost are there, when I do a /sbin/route, everything looks normal,
> when I look at /proc/interrupts there are no conflicts.
> I can ping localhost, and my own ip, but I can't ping anywhere else, not
> even the gateway.  I can ping the gateway from here though, so I know it's
> up.  I know data is being sent out, the little lights on the card and the
> modem blink, and the cable light is steady, which means I should have a
> connection, yet nothing seems to work.
> The only suggestions I've gotten so far are the ethernet cable, I tried
> both the one that came with the card, and the one that Suburban cable
> provided me, and the other is that the card is bad.
> Can anyone think of anything else other than the card is bad?
> Thanks in advance for any suggestions.
>
> --
> Michelle Weber
> umweber@mcs.drexel.edu
>
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