Please help! Urgent help needed.

[billy_talent]

I installed FC5, and I cant get my internet to work. I have no clue what DNS servers and all that are and how to set them up. All I know is that I tried making a new internet connection, selected ethernet, and my card, then I click activate but it cannot find an IP. What do I do?

[Brian1]

Provide info as to the nic your are using. Brand, Model, Version, and type of connection (pci, pcmcia, usb)
List the loaded modules using the command ' /sbin/lsmod ' also ' /sbin/lspci '
Next list contents from /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0
Now are you using a router between modem and machine?
Or is it directly connected to modem and if so what type of connection? dsl or cable,
Is it a pppoe connection?
Is the linux box used before to connect to the intenet? Meaning under a different OS you are using the same Netowrk card?

One last thing use a more desciptive title for your post instead of urgent.

Brian

[billy_talent]

Im connected to a router, and sadly, Im not too literate at what your saying. I tried putting in the DNS and all that and making a static ip, it activates, but it does not connect to the internet. It is a cable connection. It is connected to a modem, and connected straight to my other pc, and through a router to mine.

The card I have is an ALi Corporation M5263 Ethernet Controller.

[billy_talent]

Scratch that, I got the info.

Heres the commands you gave me, in order.

Module Size Used by
vfat 11969 1
fat 47709 1 vfat
ppdev 8645 0
autofs4 19013 1
hidp 15937 2
rfcomm 34517 0
l2cap 23617 10 hidp,rfcomm
bluetooth 44069 3 hidp,rfcomm,l2cap
sunrpc 136573 1
ip_conntrack_ftp 7601 0
ip_conntrack_netbios_ns 3009 0
ipt_REJECT 5441 1
xt_state 2241 5
ip_conntrack 49261 3 ip_conntrack_ftp,ip_conntrack_netbios_ns,xt_state
nfnetlink 6489 1 ip_conntrack
xt_tcpudp 3265 7
iptable_filter 3137 1
ip_tables 11657 1 iptable_filter
x_tables 12613 4 ipt_REJECT,xt_state,xt_tcpudp,ip_tables
video 14917 0
button 6609 0
battery 9285 0
ac 4933 0
sd_mod 16577 2
sg 32349 0
ipv6 225569 14
usb_storage 62497 1
scsi_mod 125289 3 sd_mod,sg,usb_storage
lp 12297 0
parport_pc 25445 1
parport 34313 3 ppdev,lp,parport_pc
floppy 57733 0
nvram 8393 0
ehci_hcd 29005 0
ohci_hcd 19805 0
snd_intel8x0 30301 1
snd_ac97_codec 83937 1 snd_intel8x0
snd_ac97_bus 2497 1 snd_ac97_codec
snd_seq_dummy 3781 0
snd_seq_oss 28993 0
snd_seq_midi_event 7105 1 snd_seq_oss
snd_seq 47153 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_seq_device 8909 3 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq
snd_pcm_oss 45009 0
snd_mixer_oss 16449 2 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm 76869 3 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss
i2c_ali15x3 7493 0
i2c_ali1563 6853 0
i2c_ali1535 7365 0
i2c_core 20673 3 i2c_ali15x3,i2c_ali1563,i2c_ali1535
uli526x 15573 0
snd_timer 22597 2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
snd 50501 9 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,sn d_seq_device,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd _timer
soundcore 9377 2 snd
snd_page_alloc 10441 2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm
dm_snapshot 15981 0
dm_zero 2113 0
dm_mirror 19729 0
dm_mod 50009 6 dm_snapshot,dm_zero,dm_mirror
ext3 116169 2
jbd 52693 1 ext3

I cant the other commands, because the stupid documents I save off of my FC pc dont show up on this one but that one. Its really getting annoying.

[JonC]

can you ping the router from the linux box?

If so, you probably need to set the 'default gateway' somewhere

[billy_talent]

How would I do that?

And how would I set the gateway?

And I could get to the internet when I had windows before.

[JonC]

can you ping?

open up a terminal and type 'ping 111.222.333.444' where 111.etc is the ip of your router

[billy_talent]

Yes I can ping it.

EDIT: My DNS address is my router address correct?

[Brian1]

The DNS IP can be used as DNS on most of these store bought routers. Or contact your ISP and get the DNS IPs from them. If you login into the router and review the info page on current setup it is seeing then it should list the DNS ips it got from the provider. If static these values go in /etc/resolv.conf file.

Brian

[Detonate]

It is a cable connection. It is connected to a modem, and connected straight to my other pc, and through a router to mine.

The card I have is an ALi Corporation M5263 Ethernet Controller.

Are you saying that the cable modem is connected to the other PC which is also connected to a router, and the FC5 PC is connected to that router? How is the cable modem connected to the other PC, by USB, or does it have two ethernet ports?

I would suggest you connect the cable modem to the router via the Wan port, , and each PC to the router via LAN ports. On some routers the Wan port is called the Internet port.

[Detonate]

Another thing you can do to help narrow down the problem, is hook your internet connection directly from the cable modem to your FC box without going through the router or the other PC to see if you have internet that way.

[Brian1]

To see if DNS issue or routing issue. In a browser use this to goto google using its IP. http://216.239.39.99/
If it makes it then I would say DNS issue.
If DNS is set properly in /etc/resolv.conf using a static IP setup setting IP, netmask, and gateway then it maybe an IPv6 issue.
What browser are you using?
What is in /etc/hosts file?

Brian