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| Thread ID: 34434 | 2003-06-13 02:29:00 | Network card configuration under Mandrake 9.1 Linux | lardass (262) | Press F1 |
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| 152127 | 2003-06-13 02:29:00 | I have recently installed Linux Mandrake 9.1 on an older Celeron 500MHz system (512MB RAM/20GB HDD/new CD-ROM) where it is in a dual boot setup with Windows 98SE. I appear to have incorrectly configured the network card and my network settings during Mandrake installation by the looks of things. I also have a P4 (running XP PRO) and an Athlon 1800XP (running WIN98SE) on my network. The P4 is the gateway computer to the internet and has an D-Link ethernet card with cable modem attached for my broadband connection. The IP address of my gateway comp is 192.168.0.1 with the subnet mask 255.255.255.0 re: the network setup. With different IP address/Gateway/DNs settings relating to the broadband connection. When I tried to configure the network card & settings in Mandrake I allocated the celeron an IP number 192.168.0.3 but that didn't work so not sure what to do. Does it need to have a seperate IP number established for it? What I'm trying to achieve: 1: Get the Celeron machine(when in Mandrake) to communicate with my other 2 comps that are both running Windows. So I can acess MP3 files etc sitting on the P4 System's Hard Drive which are shared under windows network. 2: Access the internet etc from the Mandrake O/S Comp via the gateway computer/network. At the moment I can't do either!! Thanks in advance |
lardass (262) | ||
| 152128 | 2003-06-13 02:33:00 | I had similiar problems b 4 .. try setting "NO" in BIOS for Plug n Play OS and try manually assign an IRQ to your NIC .. mine works after that :D | SKT174 (1319) | ||
| 152129 | 2003-06-13 02:35:00 | You should be able to use exactly the same IP address, DNS and Gateway settings as when its running Win98. There wont be any conflicts of IP's because you're only running 98 or Linux at a time, not both at once :-) Do you know how to edit the settings in Linux for your network card? I believe typing ifconfig from an xterm/konsole/mc (Whichever you use) will bring up some information on your network card. Cheers Chill. |
Chilling_Silently (228) | ||
| 152130 | 2003-06-13 05:12:00 | You need an IP address for each host. But it's a network thing; it doesn't matter what OSs are using you. :D ifconfig will tell you quite a lot about what it knows ... but if you're not happy with command line things you won't like using it to make changes. Whatever GUI you are using will have in its "Control Centre" (whatever it calls it) a tool for network settings. Just browse around and you'll find it. While you are in the terminal window, try using ping on the other machines. If pins succeeds, there is not too much wrong. |
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