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Redhat 7.2 and the internet

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Name: Stephen Schweizer
Date: December 3, 2001 at 12:49:05 Pacific
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I have a small home lan with three windows computers and one linux computer. I've had the three windows computers running perfectly for a while and recently got a version of redhat 7.2 and was going to try it out. I have a linksys switch which my cable modem is connected to, that in turn gives my other four computers the internet.

the problem is my linux computer is not configured. I went and fooled around with network configuration in rh7.2 (i somewhat know what im doing) and the problem still says the same, my eth0 fails on startup and my linux never gets its ip address.

Can someone please tell me the steps for setting up a linux rh7.2 to run on a LAN. Also if anyone knows how to work with a linksys switch i would be grateful



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Response Number 1
Name: statik
Date: December 4, 2001 at 06:04:08 Pacific
Reply:

be sure your ethernet card was detected by the kernel in the "dmesg"


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Response Number 2
Name: Sergiy
Date: December 4, 2001 at 06:18:25 Pacific
Reply:

Hi

I think better way for you is using
linuxconf utility with graphical interface (assuming you already have installed graphical desktop(s) like KDE or Gnome).

linuxconf-**.rpm file you can find at second RH 7.2 CD.

Install it running in console:

rpm -i linuxconf-**-.rpm

or use Kpackage (gnorpm) utility

Run linuxconf in terminal window:

linuxconf


For DEC chip based ethernet adapters choose tulip driver ..

If you have Plug&Play adapter you do not neeed to select i/o range and irq.


Enjoy.

Sergiy.

P.S. Additionaly you may install other
services:

squid - proxy server;
sendmail - mail server;
imap-2000 -(IMAP and POP protocols implementation for mail server);
..
apache - web server;
wu-ftp - ftp server;

Run as root ntsysv to select background
services (daemons) to run automatically at startup.


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Response Number 3
Name: Stephen Schweizer
Date: December 4, 2001 at 10:28:36 Pacific
Reply:

thank you ill try installing linuxconf


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Response Number 4
Name: Theo Helder
Date: January 30, 2002 at 04:15:36 Pacific
Reply:

There is a bugfixed for networking cards in
redhat 7.2 on www.redhat.com. If you
install this linux autodetect your network
card and gives it an ip. My question is how
do I configure a proxy server in rh 7.2 so
i can access the internet with my w2k
machine?



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Response Number 5
Name: Marco Martinez
Date: February 18, 2002 at 18:05:37 Pacific
Reply:

I have the same problem, but dmesg reports my card as a Xircom and this is an IBM etherjet, last night it was being recognized, but after rebooting wasn't recognized anymore.


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Response Number 6
Name: gaurav arora
Date: March 18, 2002 at 02:25:48 Pacific
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kindly send me a notes in my mail address tht how to install linux ?



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