mandrake 9.2 network problem

well first off i would like to say hi to every one :D..

and here my problem..

i just installed mandrake 9.2 every thing was running great untill i got it all the way booted and clicked on mozilla icon to connect to the internet well nothing happen said page could not be displayed..so i went into my cpannel and look at the network config in there it says

interface:ipaddress:protocol: driver: state:
eth0 no ip DHCP 8139too down

so i clicked on launch wizard and went thoguh the steps

first thing it say is we are about to configure your internet/network connection if you dont want to use auto detection,deselect the check box

i used..auto detection

2nd it ask me what connection i want to config i have cable modem running a linksys 4 port router with 3 other window xp boxs on it

so i used lan connection

the choices
normal modern connection
winmodern connection
ISDN connection
ADSL connection
cable connection
lan connection- ethernet card(s) detected

3rd
it says configuring network device eth0 (driver 8139too)

please enter the ip configuration for this machine each item should be entered as an ip address in dotted-decimal notation

there is a automatic ip you can click (bootp/dchp/zeroconf) i went ahead and added the ip my self
sence this is the computer on the 4th port i used 192.168.1.104
and the netmask 255.255.255.0

4th
please enter your host name
your host name should be a fully-qualified host name, suck as ''mybox.myco.com".
you may also enter the ip address of the gateway if you have one.
i left this part blank

enter a zeroconf host name without any dot if you dont want to use a default host name.
i left this blank also

DNS server

63.240.76.4
204.127.198.4
0.0.0.0

what was in my router so i uaed the first one 63.240.76.4 there was only room for one line

next gateway
i used 192.168.1.1
5th
proxies config
i left this blank as well

6th it ask me if i would like to apply these settings now i clicked yes

then it configs every thing *takes awhile :-/*
after that it say the configuration finnished and say we reconmend restarting your X environment to avoid any hostname-related prolems

then i reboot the box and

and nothing happens still being gimped if you know how to fix this please help
i have tryed every thing i can i am still nobie to linux and i only know basic webhosting commands
i know this would be alot better to config though shell i have done befor but it was on linux redhat and i was walked thoguh it any help would be very nice

thanks zesty

Check out /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0

Here is what mine looks like with a static IP:

DEVICE=eth0
BOOTPROTO=static
BROADCAST=192.168.0.255
IPADDR=192.168.0.23
NETMASK=255.255.255.0
NETWORK=192.168.0.0
ONBOOT=yes

for dhcp it should look like this:

DEVICE=eth0
BOOTPROTO=dhcp
ONBOOT=yes
USERCTL=no
PEERDNS=no
TYPE=ethernet

also you can:

dmesg | grep eth0

to see if your card is working.

thanks ill try this out i got some replys from oterh forums also


thanks again zesty

Post some of the other replies, if you don't mind. It'd be cool to see what other Linux users are doing as I am kind of a noob myself.

source http://www.hackerzhell.co.uk
said

I think i see your problem,

Your trying to use dhcp and manually configure your ip settings this will in most cases cuase a fault.

Try redoing the install conf and dont enter ip information just select to get all from dhcp.

Then run ifconfig and make sure your getting assigned a valid IP from the router.

Pee

2nd post

ok, open your terminal.

first, check that the modules is loaded:
$lsmod
there you should see your aliased eth0.
if its there, cool, if not just edit:
"/etc/modutils/aliases" if it doesn't exist, you can create it and add:
"alias eth0 8139too"

and run "update-modules" as root.

then goto /etc/networking or /etc/network or something simmilar, whatever it is in mandrake, there will be a file, "interfaces", in that file there should be entry, something like:

"iface eth0 inet dhcp" (Thats if your ip is assigned by dhcp server somewhere, most likely)

if its not there, add it.

then save the file and execute:
$/etc/init.d/networking restart
wait untill your eth0 goes up, when its up, check your ip address:
$/sbin/ifconfig eth0
if its not assigned, then there is no ip given by dhcp
if there is a proper ip, then try to resolve some domain:
$host hackerzhell.co.uk
if that resolves, then it should be working, if not then the problem is with your name server. so just add the name servers to your /etc/resolv.conf

haven't got a reply from http://root-hack.org

here is the link to talk to the people from hackerzhell
im there also quite often

/server irc.zerolimit.net
/join #hackerzhell

p.s. none of there replys help't i think the reson why its not working with the right config i dont know really lol but all i know is that the box is not talking with the router i have tryed many things my self such as installing webmin and configing it from there http://webmin.com very nice program make configing your box much easyer but this did not help me at all
2nd i redid the config from the wizard aleast 20 times and tryed diff whys of setting the dns gateway ip dhcp and such i don know whatthe matter is so i think im just going to forget the mandrake and go back to redhat 9.0 witch i know and i have many buddys that now the os as well well thanks again for your replys

zesty

Webmin is for managing servers, not so much your eth0 device, and yes it is real cool!

That one reply about letting dhcp manage your IP is correct, you should choose one or the other.

Did you check to see if your card is working or not?

I have a card that for no reason stops working until I uninstall the drivers, then pull the card, reboot with the card reseated, then reinstall the drives. Does that about 1 or 2 x's a year.
(it's a D-Link)


Your devices are listed in
/etc/sysconfig/networking/devices
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts

I am using RedHat, which should almost the same as Mandrake.

What does the ifcfg-eth0 file say?

the card is a d-link heh and the command ifcfg-eth0 does not work why im loged in a superuser now ifconfig eth0 say this

eth0
link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:50:ba:ac:63:0d
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 metric:1
RX packets:15534 errors:0 dropped:0 overrun:0 frame:0
TX packets:180 errors:0 droped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collision:0 txqueuelan:100
RX bytes:2387584 (2.2mb TX bytes:26592 (25.9 kb)
interrupt:11 base address:0x7000

now theres a etho:9 virtal im guessin from DHPC
link encap:ethernet hw 00:50:ba:ac:63:0d
inet addr:168.254.183.154 bcast:168.254.255.255 mask:255.255.0.0
up BROADCAST RUNNING MUTICAST MTU:1500 metric:1
interrupt:11 base address:0x7000

i dont know whats that all about i know the ip is wrong

loopback say this

link encap:local loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 mask:255.0.0.0
UP loopback RUNNING MTU:16436 metric:1
RX packets:159 errors:0 dropped:0 overrun:0 frame:0
TX packets:159 errors:0 droped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collision:0 txqueuelan:0
RX bytes:12098 (11.8kb TX bytes:12098 (11.8 kb

oh ya someone did mention pulling out the nic and replaceing with a diff one i got more then one of them but it was working fine on the last os i was running redhat 9.0

ifcfg-eth0 is afile with your eth0 config-ness....