hi all !

i have a small problem with mandrake ... i am pretty new to linux. i have installed suse linux before and everything worked fine but i wanted to try other versions because i did not really like suse !

problem :

i have a cable modem with broadband internet ... dhcp ist enabled but ifconfig command tells me i got no ip .. if i try to activate it again mandrake crashes ! i don´t need any login for the connection !

if i put in the ip manually the connection tells me i am connected but still there is no answer if i ping an ip or and webpage !

i have read some threads here and i heard something about drake ... sorry i have not found that!

can somebody tell me what i could do to make it work ?

many thanks in advance !

Is your cable broadband modem compatable with mandrake linux? check the system requirements or support via the manufactorers website

MartMoz

That should not matter at all... as the modem is doing is sending out a ip address to whatever hosts picks it up.

@derraecher... first question....are you running behind a router? If so, things will be really easy If not, I can write a script that should help you setup your internet and you can run it

i don´t think that it should matter what os you use ... and i am not behind a router !

if you could do the script that would be really nice thanks alot for the help!

Im not to sure guys, i used to connect via a Alcatel Speedtouch ADSL modem, and that was only compatable with Windows and only REDHAT linux, other than them OS's it wouldnt work.

I could be wrong....

MartMoz

mhmhm i guess if the script does not work i will call my isp but it worked with suse so i don´t think there should be a problem ! we will see !

Can you post the output of an: ifconfig -a
And then the output of a: route

Hey buddy... I will write a BASH script for you and have it up when I get back home today

thank you !

ifconfig
eth0 Protokoll:Ethernet Hardware Adresse 00:11:09:05:8A:62
inet6 Adresse: fe80::211:9ff:fe05:8a62/64 Gültigkeitsbereich:Verbindung
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
Kollisionen:0 Sendewarteschlangenlänge:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 TX bytes:0 (0.0
Interrupt:5 Basisadresse:0x9000

eth1 Protokoll:Ethernet Hardware Adresse 00:01:02:1C:56:82
inet6 Adresse: fe80::201:2ff:fe1c:5682/64 Gültigkeitsbereich:Verbindung
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:2165 frame:0
TX packets:11 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
Kollisionen:0 Sendewarteschlangenlänge:1000
RX bytes:3840 (3.7 Kb) TX bytes:2430 (2.3 Kb)
Interrupt:19 Basisadresse:0x9000

lo Protokoll:Lokale Schleife
inet Adresse:127.0.0.1 Maske:255.0.0.0
inet6 Adresse: ::1/128 Gültigkeitsbereich:Maschine
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:190 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:190 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
Kollisionen:0 Sendewarteschlangenlänge:0
RX bytes:13398 (13.0 Kb) TX bytes:13398 (13.0 Kb)

DEVICE=lo
IPADDR=127.0.0.1
NETMASK=255.0.0.0
NETWORK=127.0.0.0
# If you're having problems with gated making 127.0.0.0/8 a martian,
# you can change this to something else (255.255.255.255, for example)
BROADCAST=127.255.255.255
ONBOOT=yes
NAME=loopback


lsmod
Module Size Used by
md5 3584 1
ipv6 230916 8
rfcomm 32348 0
l2cap 19876 5 rfcomm
bluetooth 39076 4 rfcomm,l2cap
snd-seq-oss 31232 0
snd-seq-midi-event 6080 1 snd-seq-oss
snd-seq 47440 4 snd-seq-oss,snd-seq-midi-event
snd-pcm-oss 49480 0
snd-mixer-oss 17376 1 snd-pcm-oss
snd-intel8x0 30124 1
snd-ac97-codec 69392 1 snd-intel8x0
snd-pcm 81800 2 snd-pcm-oss,snd-intel8x0
snd-timer 20356 2 snd-seq,snd-pcm
snd-page-alloc 7400 2 snd-intel8x0,snd-pcm
gameport 3328 1 snd-intel8x0
snd-mpu401-uart 5856 1 snd-intel8x0
snd-rawmidi 19300 1 snd-mpu401-uart
snd-seq-device 6344 3 snd-seq-oss,snd-seq,snd-rawmidi
snd 45988 13 snd-seq-oss,snd-seq,snd-pcm-oss,snd-mixer-oss,snd-intel8x0,snd-ac97-codec,snd-pcm,snd-timer,snd-mpu401-uart,snd-rawmidi,snd-seq-device
af_packet 16072 2
floppy 55088 0
3c59x 35240 0
forcedeth 14400 0
ide-cd 37280 0
cdrom 37724 1 ide-cd
ohci1394 30788 0
ieee1394 292056 1 ohci1394
loop 12520 0
nls_iso8859-15 4224 2
ntfs 147964 2
supermount 34804 1
amd64-agp 8584 1
agpgart 27752 1 amd64-agp
tuner 18320 0
saa7134 93232 0
video-buf 16868 1 saa7134
v4l2-common 4896 1 saa7134
v4l1-compat 13092 1 saa7134
soundcore 7008 2 snd,saa7134
i2c-core 19060 2 tuner,saa7134
ir-common 3972 1 saa7134
videodev 7168 1 saa7134
sata_nv 5764 0
libata 38308 1 sata_nv
scsi_mod 104044 1 libata
xpad 4800 0
joydev 8032 0
tsdev 5824 0
evdev 7648 0
usbmouse 4256 0
usbhid 41088 0
ehci-hcd 26244 0
ohci-hcd 18468 0
usbcore 103172 7 xpad,usbmouse,usbhid,ehci-hcd,ohci-hcd
ext3 120680 2
jbd 49080 1 ext3

networking :

NETWORKING=yes

route -v:

Kernel IP Routentabelle
Ziel Router Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface


eth0 is my other onboard card but i don´t use that one ! the 3com card is for internet connecten ! thanks all !

Something simple, try changing the ethernet cable from the eth1 card to the eth0 card and you do a 'ipconfig /release' and 'ipconfig /renew'
Then see if anything is different... Linux might not be liking that 3com card (which would be odd)

Those commands aren't the same in linux. Your best bet is to su to root and execute "/etc/init.d/network restart"

my bad.... 'ifconfig /release' and 'ifconfig /renew'

You can't use ifconfig as if it were ipconfig in Windows, the /release and /renew options aren't viable with ifconfig in Linux.


This is a RedHat only script as far as I know. I can tell you for sure that script doesn't exist in Gentoo.


Ok, now to the real point of the post...

derraecher, you look like you're tring to use IPV6 instead of IPV4 wich is the standard version across the internet right now. You can see this here:

Chances are since you're set to use IPV6 your router or ISP isn't able to provide you with an IPV6 IP address. Change over to IPV4 and you should be good to go.

--Josh

I've never had a problem using the /release /renew in my gentoo box

I didn't even notice the ipv6... I hate that crap... I hate hexadecimals...they drive me insane
That would definently be a problem right there.

What syntax do you use? After seeing your post I tried to get it to work on my end with:
ifconfig eth0 /release
ifconfig eth0 /renew
ifconfig /release
ifconfig /renew

None of these work for me so if you have it working I'd be interested in seeing the syntax.

I can run any of the following:
ifconfig eht0 /up
ifconfig eth0 /down
ifconfig /release (only one nic card on laptop)
ifconfig /renew

Now I'm really confused... are you running gentoo also?

Correct, I'm running ~x86 on my Gentoo box. I know that the up and down switches work, however they definitely don't work with Windows style / in front of them. You need to use them like:
or

When I try with the release and renew (minus the /) I get:

and

Your right my friend... I'm very sorry... I'm still rather tired and wasted from last night Sorry about that

Just making sure I wasn't going crazy and missing something obvious.

hi thanks alot for the info ! i don´t really know what ipv6 or ipv4 means ! nor i know how i can set it up different !

if you could tell me that would be awesome ! thanks alot !

To be honest I've never run Mandrake so I'm not really sure where that particular setting would lie.

The only other thing I could suggest is doing the following as root:

echo "net.ipv4.tcp_window_scaling=0" >> /etcsysctl.conf
echo "alias net-pf-10 off" >> /etc/modprobe.conf
echo "alias ipv6 off" >> /etc/modprobe.conf

Reboot and see if your network comes up. If it doesn't come up you may want to try installing (or re-installing) the packages:

resolvconf, pump, and dnsmasq

If this doesn't work let me know and I'll try and do some research on the problem. Keep me updated on if you're up and running or not.

--Josh

did not work but i have installed fedora now ... don´t like it too much but at least it solves two problems ( external hd works and internet )

funny though that the installation was about 3gb !!! well i will try to learn linux now and then go back to mandrake or just try gentoo or something similiar i want to get to know it until i can use on of the live cds so i have a clean install not like the one i have now 3 gb thats alot more than windows has !

thanks alot for all the help !

I don't think a 3GB install is too crazy now a days, the size of just my Windows directory on C: is 2.1GB, so I'm sure the full WinXP install is at least 3GB. Sorry to hear that didn't work for you, just remember next time you install if you have the choice between IPV4 and IPV6, you want IPV4. If you decide to install Gentoo I'll be more than happy to help you if you get stuck.

--Josh