Further to my earlier post re: Post Install Problems

Longman, Bill yellowdog-newbie@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
Tue, 7 Oct 2003 11:20:03 -0700


> Regarding the ethernet port, I managed to get it recognised 
> by manually 
> entering the IP, Subnet Mask and Default Gateway.Even after 
> getting the eth0 
> recognised, I am still unable to connect to the internet. I 
> must be missing 
> a setting somewhere, any ideas?

Pick an IP address and try to ping it. Let's say, oh...., 66.7.161.3. If you
can ping it, then your internet connection is fine. Then the problem becomes
why you can't resolve names. Read the man page on resolv.conf.

HTH,

Bill