not detecting network/connection during install

blacknyx · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 27 Oct 2004 Posts: 117

Hey,
I'm on a linksys router with DSL connection provided by quest.
When I try to do the auto detecting my network in the install, it doesn't find it, when I ping a site, it comes back cannot find this host.

I'm honestly not sure what step would be appropriate for me to take next.
I tried adsl-setup but I honestly wasn't positive what my DNS server was so I aborted the install.
Suggestions please?
I'd like for it to be able to find it before I save any changes to my network, I can't go long without the internet, I think I'd go insane.

Thanks

hw-tph · Posted: Wed Oct 27, 2004 10:51 am Post subject:

Did you load the driver module for your network card? Without the network device going you will have a hard time accessing anything on the Internet.

Håkan

To · Posted: Wed Oct 27, 2004 1:06 pm Post subject:

I've had a few problems in the past. Some with gentoo 1.4 rc's .
First check the mdoules like hw-tph said. cat /proc/modules for ex.
If it's not loaded modprobe module-name. You may chack again if the module was loaded. You cah setup everything if the module was properly loaded.
I had a small issue the last I installed my gateway. I have 2 network cards, and dhcpd didn't work on any, I had to rmmod and remove the module, then pick of of the cards modules and load it and try dhcpd on that card, after that it worked.

Tó
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Lajasha · Posted: Wed Oct 27, 2004 1:09 pm Post subject:

And just incase you are not sure how to find what module to use, try:

johnnymac · Posted: Wed Oct 27, 2004 1:27 pm Post subject: Need some info

When you do an ifconfig does it give you an eth0 or just the loopback setting? If you check this it will tell you whether the module for your NIC was loaded. That's gotta happen first.
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blacknyx · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 27 Oct 2004 Posts: 117

0000:00:04.0 Ethernet controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS900 PCI Fa st Ethernet (rev 90)
is my Ethernet (found using lspci | Ethernet

Lajasha · Posted: Wed Oct 27, 2004 7:04 pm Post subject:

I think it is:

blacknyx · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 27 Oct 2004 Posts: 117

thank you I will give that a try *crosses fingers*