On Sat, 20 Apr 2002 08:54:35 -0700 (PDT) script <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> quietly intimated:
> someone gave me a linksys ethernetfast cable/dsl > router and i'm trying to hook it up with redhat 7.2. > has anyone out there used a linksys with redhat 7.2? > any pointers? > > basically, to configure the router, first i must make > sure that i obtain a dynamic ip address on boot, which > i'm doing - this ip address theoretically should be > assigned by teh dhcp server on the router, but i don't > know how to tell how this is happening. so, after > boot, i open netscape and type in the ip address of > the router - network unavailabe error pops up. i > try to ping the router and same thing. > > any help would be much appreciated. much. > > thanks in advance. Here's how mine works/worked. I shut down networking on linux. I moved the cable directly from the modem to the router and let the router get the IP address. I then plugged the linux machine into the router and brought networking up again. That assigned linux 192.168.1.100. To get to the router, the address is 192.168.1.1 and can be gotten through any browser. This requires that the linux mahine already being told to use dhcp when bringing up the network. If that isn't done, it won't be routed to the linksys properly and won't be able to contact it. If this is the only or first machine logging into the router, the address it gets should be 192.168.1.100 and it should show in ifconfig or netstat. If you aren't getting that IP, you're not connecting properly, and that needs to be sorted out before anything else can happen. I'm going to take my son to the park in awhile and won't be here. You're welcome to contact me directly if you need more assistance. I shouldn't be gone more than an hour or two. -- Disclaimer: Elvis would agree with me, but he's got dirt in his mouth. _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
