Re: [PLUG] net install on old pentium trouble

[Jesse Huestis <jhuestis@comcast.net>]

John:

Try the following steps before worrying about the firewall.  

1) Setup the external network card as DHCP or static depending on your 
ISP's instruction.
2) Test outbound connectivity, PING www.yahoo.com
   If it works, you have verified DNS name resolution, and connectivity.
   IF NOT, then the network card may not be compatible.

With that resolved, try installing the internal card.  See if you can 
ping another computer on your private network.

Last try the firewall and see if you can get out.

Jesse

John Lavin wrote:

> Well, finally go DirecTV dsl at my home (yipee!) and have been enjoying the fast
> throughput immensely on my laptop and desktop.
>
> Now that I have full time intern et access, I've been trying to configure
> a spare pentium as a dedicated firewall but I'm having trouble getting
> the networking to function properly.
>
> I have Netgear FA311 net cards and have met with success with two other
> desktops with the same card.
>
> I'm using woody install disks to do a net install.  I've been able to
> use the same exact card in a newer desktop and able to connect but in
> the pentium, I get recognition of the card, insert the natsemi module
> without parameters and punch in manually the ip settings, but no
> connection.
>
> I've tried to do numerous things:
> - different pci slots
> - toggling "plug and play" off and on in the bios
> - DHCP connection versus static
>
> Am I not going to be able to reuse this box?
>
> -john
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