Internet through Windows Network

[winowski]

(Everybody starts by saying that they're new to Linux, so I might as well save it)

I just installed Fedora Core 5 in a computer that is part of a Windows Network. I can connect to the internet using Windows XP and I can ping all of the other machines in the network and the router, however, I have no internet connection. The network doesn't use DHCP.
Any idea, thought or suggestion would be greatly appreciated (And I really, really mean it ).
Thanks in advance.

[SlowJet]

The router uses dhcp to get an ip for each windows machine.
So you need to set the FC network to use dhcp and point the gatway and DNS to the router ip just like the windows machines.

192.168.n.1 where n is 2 or 1 or 0 according to the router documentation.
You FC will then get an ip of 192.168.n.xxx where xxx is 2 to 254

SJ

[wshawn]

Depending if you are on a Domain or not (Domains can be configured to lock down ips to certain boxes and exclude everyone else). While on a Windows box, play like your linux, and drop to a CLS by issuing cmd in the run command box int he start menu.

issue the command:
ipconfig /all

make note of the gateway and name servers.

close the cli
log out
Go to the bathroom and wash your hands (TWICE!!)
Dry your hands
Pet the tower AND monitor of the linux box and apologize
Now Edit the Network settings under the Admin Section (as root)

Double click your NIC card in the devices... Create a Static Ip / Gateway / and netmask

Now go to DNS tab
and add the DNS and gateway you glomed from the inferior life form of broken glass..

[grosminet]

If you put this command in terminal, you can acces at your network config
system-config-network &
first case more simple
if you known your router adressing like 192.168.1.1, your can simply put use dhcp and valid getting your adress by DHCP
and checked Take auto informations by your ISP
the second case
you must case the rang of the adress forbitten by your router
this rang is the area of adress DHCP
you must have the adress with this form
192.168.1.X but X don't in the rang of DHCP
mask i Suppose 255.255.255.0
And the gateway adress est the adress of your router

[winowski]

I've made sure that both machines (The Windows and the FC) have the same parameters in their connections (ip, gateway, etc...) but the problem has persisted. I've also tried the proposed by grosminet with the same luck. Also, (I don't know if this is important) when I type ipconfig/all in Windows it says that the DHCP is disabled. Obviously I don't know much about this issue, but could it be a driver problem?

I forgot to mention that I've tried plenty of distributions ((k)Ubuntu, Mandriva, SuSe, Knoppix) and had the same problem with all of them.

[grosminet]

Originally Posted by winowski

I've made sure that both machines (The Windows and the FC) have the same parameters in their connections (ip, gateway, etc...) but the problem has persisted. I've also tried the proposed by grosminet with the same luck. Also, (I don't know if this is important) when I type ipconfig/all in Windows it says that the DHCP is disabled. Obviously I don't know much about this issue, but could it be a driver problem?

I forgot to mention that I've tried plenty of distributions ((k)Ubuntu, Mandriva, SuSe, Knoppix) and had the same problem with all of them.

If you can ping your Xp station, it s a probleme of the gateway or dns
could made this command
su -
ifconfig
cd /etc/sysconfig/networking/devices
more ifcfg-eth0
have you but the adress of your dns of your Isp

[winowski]

Ok. I've tried that, and everything seems in order. However, what is the BOOTPROTO, USERCTRL and the PEERDNS? I have none, yes and yes, respectively. Any other ideas?

[grosminet]

Originally Posted by winowski

Ok. I've tried that, and everything seems in order. However, what is the BOOTPROTO, USERCTRL and the PEERDNS? I have none, yes and yes, respectively. Any other ideas?

how is compose your connection by internet
what is network card

[winowski]

Ok. Here's the thing:
Accton EN-1216 Ethernet adapter. I'm using a Windows based network using static ip's. Gateway is correct. DNS's are correct. Ip is correct. The network is not running any proxy, however, I have not found a way to configure the hostname or the workgroup. Now, I THINK the problem could be:
a) The hostname and/or the workgroup.
b) A driver issue
c) The hosts
I have copied verbatim the info on my XP computer (Ip, DN's, etc...) into the FC computer but it still doesn't work.

[grosminet]

make this commande for read the status your ethernet card The adress of card and the hostname must different that the router and the XP station
su -
ifconfig
and the command to configure the network
system-config-network &

[winowski]

(I forgot to mention that the XP computer and the FC computer never connect to the internet at the same time.)
So I fooled around with the ip's a little, but I still can't change the computer's name. As I mentioned, if the computers don't use the internet at the same time, and have almost the exact same network settings (save the Hostname), it should work, right?

[grosminet]

No I think, it s not good
because if you use Dhcp, the router has a delai of rentention of this adress IP
the router a in memory adress arp of station Xp
You are no risque to change a little add one of the last number of IP adress

[winowski]

I already did. I tried a bunch of different ip's, but they didn't do the trick.

[grosminet]

could give the resultat of ifconfig without the arp adress
and the
ping -c 4 adressgateway

[winowski]

I've given up on the static ip thing. I'm trying to configure dhcp on the router, however, every time I run ipconfig on my XP it says that DHCP is inactive... Anybody know why?