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Setup LAN on a Mandrake 8.2 Linux box

I am having issues with setting up my Mandrake box to the Linksys router that I recently purchased. I have a DSL connection and an OSX box that is running and happy on the router already.

I go through the helpful wizard thingy but that never works.

I tried setting stuff up in netconf but as my understanding of Linux is still rather small, not much luck their either.

Tried DHCP and static IP but having issues either way. When I attempt to ping the router, it tells me that it cant find the host.

This is likely a rather simple question, but if I find out its more complicated than it appears, I will gladly raise the points.

thanks
- rob

st_steve

First, can you ping yourself? 127.0.0.1? And if you can ping yourself, can you ping the IP Address of the router? If you can ping using IP Address, then you might have to edit the /etc/resolv.conf file to put in your DNS server addresses. Or put in a permanent route to the router so that it'll find it everytime.

taftman

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I have tried to ping the router with no luck. I'll post more info tonight after I get home.

- rob

taftman

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I just pinged myself and it worked.
- rob

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taftman

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Heres the funny part, it was a bad ethernet cable the whole time. When I plugged in a different one, it just worked without a hitch. So my settings were pretty alright, it was just a bad cable.

I'll reward "st_steve" with the 100 points anyways, thanks for your help and god bless.

- rob

taftman

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Very helpful, willing to try when it seemend nobody else would. Thanks.