Hang in there, linux doesn't hold your hand like some other operating
systems do, but the power it gives you is well worth it.
First of all did the redhat installation find the ethernet card on
install? What kind of card is it? Can you ping 127.0.0.1 from the
machine? can you ping the ethernet address you assigned the machine? What
kinds of tests are you running exactly and what results are they returning
exactly (ie telling us that you can't connect isn't very usefull, saying
that you tried to ping www.yahoo.com and got a request timed out response
is). Networking under linux can be tricky when starting out, especially
if you are used to a windows environment. Linux assumes you know what you
are doing, and I for one had no idea what I was doing when I set up my
first machine. Hang in there though, cause what you learn in the end is
well worth it.
-Ben Newman
Zorak does not like R.E.M. with the bald weirdo flailing about and is
irked when no one offers alternatives in modern times.
-- Zorak, evil space mantis
On Wed, 8 Mar 2000, tk dev wrote:
> hi
>
> redhat 6.1 is really giving me a headache...i've followed every step to
> configure my ethernet card.. yet my computer doesn't seem to be able to
> connect to the gateway & network.
>
> i can't ping outside, however when i check with ifport & ifconfig, eth0 is
> up, even when i reboot, eth0 is up. so what's the problem. i've
> reinstalled linux for the 5th time & i think i'm going to give up very
> soon....it's not a user friendly system at all!
>
> can anyone pls help me with this.
>
> thanks
> tk
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