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Thread ID: 34396	2003-06-11 13:57:00	Mandrake Linux and network	lardass (262)	Press F1

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151880	2003-06-11 13:57:00	I have just installed Mandrake 9.0 on my 3rd machine in my network where it is happily co-existing with Win98SE as a dual boot machine. I am trying to get the Mandrake Linux O/S partition to recognise/see the other 2 comps on my system (running XP Pro & Win98se) to enable internet access (in particular) etc. I have attempted to manually set up the network settings which Mandrake control centre appears to have taken alright but still can't access the web! Any advice?	lardass (262)
151881	2003-06-11 14:29:00	Try going back to Windows on your third machine. It works for most. I would suggest that as you have three machines you use TWO of them for the REAL work and use the THIRD for playing with Mandrake. Given what you have said I have no idea what hardware you have in the THIRD computer, NIC, Modems, ADSL, Routers or even what the length of network cable you have. For all I know you are trying to get at the Internet over 800 meters of cable linked next door to the other farm. The reason for this post is that I want to know and may help. If nothing else it will prompt answers from you that will help others answer.	Elephant (599)
151882	2003-06-11 14:31:00	Oh yes.... I forgot to say that WE ( Collectively ) don't know what you know.	Elephant (599)
151883	2003-06-11 19:48:00	Hey Can you ping other computers in your network ok? Are any of them running a firewall which may block access? Have you set up your DNS Servers ok? In Linux RedHat you have to put the IP Addresses of the DNS Servers - not the names of them. This took me a while to figure out when I first installed Linux CyberChuck	cyberchuck (173)
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