Hi, Iam having some problem connecting to the internet using the Roger @Home cable with my Mandrake 7.2. Did anyone had the same problem as me? or know how to solve this? @Home give me some IDs and stuff to put in the windows Network Properties, but I don't really know what i should do and where should i enter those IDs in Liux. Here's what @Home gave me: Under Network / Identification tab: Computer name: cr123456-a Workgroup: @Home Computer Description: {leave it blank} Under Network / Configuration tab/ TCP/IP Properties: Obtain IP Address Automatically remove all Gateway entries Disable DNS Disable WINS Resolution I also know that @Home uses DHCP @home also tell me to run the ipac_off.inf (under win98CD, tools/mtsutil Iam using 3Com Etherlink XL 10/100 PCI TX (3c905b), I have checked the linuxconf and it detect my NIC correctly. Under the adaptor section, it display Det device: eth0 Kernel module: 3c59x However, everytime i quit the linuxconf, it will always display the following messages even if i DIDN'T make any changes to the linuxconf: The state of the system is not in sync with the current/updated config.. blah blah blah The following commandtold me something had to be done /etc/rc5.d/S10network probe Executing: /etc/rc5.d/S10network reload And after i click "DO IT" Another pops up: The command /etc/rc5.d/S10network reload is taking longer than expected to complete Please take action Skip Abort Kill I have tried all 3 options but still can't get it working Problem arise when i click the Activate Configuration, it said and also when i do the /sbin/ifconfig -a it displays: eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:10:5A:0B:8A:62 BROADCAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:15 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:19 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:4 collisions:0 txqueuelen:100 Interrupt:9 Base address:0xb0000 lo Link encap:Local Loopback inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:3924 Metric:1 RX packets:41 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:41 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 What that means anyway? I have also tried to ping my gateway (defaul gateway in winipcfg) but it shows no connection. SO what is wrong with my config? How can i connect to the internet? And also, is there any commands i can use so that i can check my config like the "winipcfg" in windows and stuff like that? Thx for reading this

Ifconfig says your card is detected properly (eth0). Try running dhcpcd from the command line. That is the the dhcp client daemon, it should be installed on your system. You may have to add it to your startup scripts so it starts when you boot. Make sure your configuration in Linuxconf specifies DHCP.

U might also need to do "ifup eth0". I presume u can connect using the NIC in Windoze 95 or 98 or something? Do u have a second machine and a crossover cable to test it against?

If your computer works with windows, go to a DOS prompt and type "ipconfig" This will give you most of the info you'll need. Print it out. From Mandrake 7.2, login, su to root, and start "netconf" you're mostly concerned with the top two choices. (hostname & IP network devices) and (name server spec - DNS) for "hostname + domain" you want to have "cr123456-a.domain" where "domain" refers to "connection specific DNS suffix" on your windows DOSprompt printout. hope that helps.

you need to find the arguments to your dhcp client and add "-h cr123456-a" to them. your client is either pump or dhcpd depending on your distribution. Try looking in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifup for the line that says: /sbin/dhcpcd -options and change it to: /sbin/dhcpcd -h cr123456-a -options replace dhcpcd with pump if thats what you use. if you don't know where your ifup script is try: >grep -r dhcpcd /etc/* and see what files it turns up in good luck!

http://www.dysan.net/linux/howto/@home-cable-linux-connection-HOWTO.html <- just did that and w0rx like the rest actually explains, but this should give you the complete info :)