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richjohns
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 Posted: Wed Jul 07, 2004 8:32 am Post subject: This should be SIMPLE for U - How do I connect to internet? |
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Hi,
Brand new to Linux and Gentoo.
A friend installed Gentoo Linux 2.6.5(I think), everything worked fine, but now I have moved home and have to set up the network connection. I would simply like to be able to connect to the internet using Mozilla, all of the hardware is fine as the connection did work on a different network.
I don't know how to do this and I am guessing that I have to amend some sort of config file with an IP Address - That was a guess.
It may be important to note that the home network that I am on uses a server machine.
Although I am new to Gentoo - I do know how to use the command line interface & log in as super user.
Any help would be great.
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Guezz-Who
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| Posted: Wed Jul 07, 2004 8:39 am Post subject: |
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To change your network config, edit the file /etc/conf.d/net
| Code: | | nano -w /etc/conf.d/net |
If the server has a dhcpd running, you can try setting:
If not, you have to manually set the ip:
| Code: | iface_eth0="192.168.0.2 broadcast 192.168.0.255 netmask 255.255.255.0"
gateway="eth0/192.168.0.1" |
Where 192.168.0.2 is your ip, and 192.168.0.1 is the gateway in this example.
No need to reboot after changing the settings, just restart net.eth0:
| Code: | | /etc/init.d/net.eth0 restart |
Try to ping something to check if it's working..
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richjohns
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| Posted: Wed Jul 07, 2004 9:00 am Post subject: |
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I will give it a go tonight,
Many thanks. |
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pjv
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| Posted: Wed Jul 07, 2004 10:12 am Post subject: |
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| I think there are user docs for this, and, if not, maybe search the fora first. |
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richjohns
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| Posted: Thu Jul 08, 2004 1:50 pm Post subject: |
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To pjv: You are right but realy need to know what you are looking for when searching forums and I have so little experience that I am getting nowhere slowly.
Could someone please tell me how I find out the network info for manually setting. I had a look at ipconfig under Win XP (was this the right thing to do), however it did not supply me with a broadcast address. And I have no idea what this is.
The reason that I am so dense is that I have had a 56k dial-up for ever and now find myself with broadband and a new Linux install, I didn't install it - so I am slowly learning everything.
Thank to everyone in advance. |
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DaveArb
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| Posted: Thu Jul 08, 2004 2:10 pm Post subject: |
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99 times out of a hundred, your broadcast address is the same as your IP, but with the last number replaced with 255. So, if your IP is 192.168.0.41, your broadcase is 192.168.0.255.
A more sure answer would require your IP and netmask (subnet mask in Windows).
Did DHCP not do the trick for you? It's far easier, if the network is using it.
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